How To Install proftpd-mod-snmp on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install proftpd-mod-snmp
on Kali Linux.
What is proftpd-mod-snmp
proftpd-mod-snmp is:
ProFTPD is a powerful modular FTP/SFTP/FTPS server. This File Transfer Protocol daemon supports also hidden directories, virtual hosts, and per-directory “.ftpaccess” files. It uses a single main configuration file, with a syntax similar to Apache.
Because of the advanced design, anonymous-FTP directories can have an arbitrary internal structure (bin, lib, etc, and special files are not needed). Advanced features such as multiple password files and upload/download ratios are also supported.
The mod_snmp module implements SNMPv1 and SNMPv2, for monitoring of proftpd statistics via SNMP.
There are three methods to install proftpd-mod-snmp
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 proftpd-mod-snmp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install proftpd-mod-snmp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install proftpd-mod-snmp
Install proftpd-mod-snmp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install proftpd-mod-snmp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install proftpd-mod-snmp
Install proftpd-mod-snmp 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 proftpd-mod-snmp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install proftpd-mod-snmp
How To Uninstall proftpd-mod-snmp on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the proftpd-mod-snmp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove proftpd-mod-snmp
Uninstall proftpd-mod-snmp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall proftpd-mod-snmp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove proftpd-mod-snmp
Remove proftpd-mod-snmp Configurations and Data
To remove proftpd-mod-snmp
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge proftpd-mod-snmp
Remove proftpd-mod-snmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove proftpd-mod-snmp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge proftpd-mod-snmp
Dependencies
proftpd-mod-snmp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install proftpd-mod-snmp
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.