How To Install trace-summary on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trace-summary on Kali Linux.

What is trace-summary

trace-summary is:

trace-summary is a Python script that generates break-downs of network traffic, including lists of the top hosts, protocols, ports, etc. Optionally, it can generate output separately for incoming vs. outgoing traffic, per subnet, and per time-interval.

There are three methods to install trace-summary 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 trace-summary Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install trace-summary

Install trace-summary Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install trace-summary

Install trace-summary 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 trace-summary using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install trace-summary

How To Uninstall trace-summary on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the trace-summary package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove trace-summary

Uninstall trace-summary And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trace-summary

Remove trace-summary Configurations and Data

To remove trace-summary configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge trace-summary

Remove trace-summary configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trace-summary

Dependencies

trace-summary have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• trace-summary website

Summary

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