How To Install slinkwatch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is slinkwatch

slinkwatch is:

slinkwatch is the Suricata Link Watcher, a tool to dynamically maintain interface entries in Suricata’s configuration file, depending on what network interfaces are connected. It is meant to ease deployment of identical sensor installations at many heterogenous sites, allowing to make full use of the sensor resources in the light of varying monitoring volume.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install slinkwatch

Install slinkwatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install slinkwatch

Install slinkwatch 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 slinkwatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install slinkwatch

How To Uninstall slinkwatch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove slinkwatch

Uninstall slinkwatch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove slinkwatch

Remove slinkwatch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge slinkwatch

Remove slinkwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slinkwatch

Dependencies

slinkwatch have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• slinkwatch website

Summary

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