How To Install nstreams on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nstreams on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nstreams
nstreams is:
Nstreams is a utility designed to identify the IP streams that are occurring on a network from a non-user friendly tcpdump output of several megabytes. This is especially useful when you plan to install a firewall but if you do not know the nstreams that the network users are generating (http, real audio, and more…).
Nstreams can read the tcpdump output directly from stdin, or from a file. It can even generate the configuration file of your firewall.
There are three methods to install nstreams on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nstreams Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nstreams using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nstreams
Install nstreams Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nstreams using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nstreams
Install nstreams Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nstreams using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nstreams
How To Uninstall nstreams on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nstreams package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nstreams
Uninstall nstreams And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nstreams and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nstreams
Remove nstreams Configurations and Data
To remove nstreams configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nstreams
Remove nstreams configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nstreams configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nstreams
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nstreams package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.