How To Install tcpreen on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpreen on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tcpreen
tcpreen is:
TCPreen is a simple tool to monitor and analyze data transmitted between clients and servers through connection-oriented streams data such as a TCP sessions; it supports TCP over either IPv4 or IPv6.
There are three methods to install tcpreen 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 tcpreen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcpreen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcpreen
Install tcpreen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcpreen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcpreen
Install tcpreen 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 tcpreen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcpreen
How To Uninstall tcpreen on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tcpreen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcpreen
Uninstall tcpreen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcpreen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcpreen
Remove tcpreen Configurations and Data
To remove tcpreen configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcpreen
Remove tcpreen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcpreen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcpreen
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpreen package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
