How To Install ulogd2-pcap on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ulogd2-pcap on Kali Linux. ulogd2-pcap is pcap extension to ulogd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ulogd2-pcap on Kali Linux.

What is ulogd2-pcap

ulogd2-pcap is:

ulogd is an advanced netfilter logging daemon. It can act as a replacement for syslog for logging netfilter ruleset violations (via the NFLOG or ULOG iptables targets), can gather per-connection accounting using NFCT, or gather per-rule accounting using NFACCT. Output can be sent to plain text log files, a variety of SQL database formats, XML files, pcap files, syslog, and many other formats.

This module add pcap file support to ulogd. If you install this package, you can use ulogd to dump packets to a file for later analysis using tools such as tcpdump or wireshark.

There are three methods to install ulogd2-pcap 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 ulogd2-pcap Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ulogd2-pcap using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ulogd2-pcap

Install ulogd2-pcap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ulogd2-pcap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ulogd2-pcap

Install ulogd2-pcap 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 ulogd2-pcap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ulogd2-pcap

How To Uninstall ulogd2-pcap on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ulogd2-pcap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ulogd2-pcap

Uninstall ulogd2-pcap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ulogd2-pcap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ulogd2-pcap

Remove ulogd2-pcap Configurations and Data

To remove ulogd2-pcap configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ulogd2-pcap

Remove ulogd2-pcap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ulogd2-pcap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ulogd2-pcap

Dependencies

ulogd2-pcap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ulogd2-pcap package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.