How To Install squidtaild on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install squidtaild on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is squidtaild
squidtaild is:
Squidtaild is a very fast, highly configurable Perl program that will dynamically create html pages that display the violations that people have made against one or more of the filters you have applied to the squid proxy logging system.
There are three methods to install squidtaild 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 squidtaild Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install squidtaild using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install squidtaild
Install squidtaild Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install squidtaild using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install squidtaild
Install squidtaild 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 squidtaild using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install squidtaild
How To Uninstall squidtaild on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the squidtaild package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove squidtaild
Uninstall squidtaild And Its Dependencies
To uninstall squidtaild and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove squidtaild
Remove squidtaild Configurations and Data
To remove squidtaild configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge squidtaild
Remove squidtaild configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove squidtaild configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squidtaild
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squidtaild package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
