How To Install ntopng-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntopng-doc on Kali Linux. ntopng-doc is High-Speed Web-based Traffic Analysis and Flow Collection Tool (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntopng-doc on Kali Linux.

What is ntopng-doc

ntopng-doc is:

ntopng is the next generation version of the original ntop, a network traffic probe that shows the network usage, similar to what the popular top Unix command does. ntop is based on libpcap and it has been written in a portable way in order to virtually run on every Unix platform, MacOSX and on Win32 as well.

ntopng users can use a web browser to navigate through ntop (that acts as a web server) traffic information and get a dump of the network status. In the latter case, ntop can be seen as a simple RMON-like agent with an embedded web interface. The use of:

  • a web interface
  • limited configuration and administration via the web interface
  • reduced CPU and memory usage (they vary according to network size and traffic)

This package contains the documentation for the ntopng daemon.

There are three methods to install ntopng-doc on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ntopng-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ntopng-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ntopng-doc

Install ntopng-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ntopng-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ntopng-doc

Install ntopng-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ntopng-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ntopng-doc

How To Uninstall ntopng-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ntopng-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ntopng-doc

Uninstall ntopng-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ntopng-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ntopng-doc

Remove ntopng-doc Configurations and Data

To remove ntopng-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ntopng-doc

Remove ntopng-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ntopng-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ntopng-doc

Dependencies

ntopng-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ntopng-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.