How To Install pflogsumm on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pflogsumm on Kali Linux.

What is pflogsumm

pflogsumm is:

pflogsumm is designed to provide an over-view of postfix activity, with just enough detail to give the administrator a “heads up” for potential trouble spots.

There are three methods to install pflogsumm 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 pflogsumm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pflogsumm

Install pflogsumm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pflogsumm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pflogsumm

Install pflogsumm 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 pflogsumm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pflogsumm

How To Uninstall pflogsumm on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pflogsumm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pflogsumm

Uninstall pflogsumm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pflogsumm

Remove pflogsumm Configurations and Data

To remove pflogsumm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pflogsumm

Remove pflogsumm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pflogsumm

Dependencies

pflogsumm have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libdate-calc-perl

References

• pflogsumm website

Summary

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