How To Install bro-aux on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bro-aux on Kali Linux. bro-aux is small auxiliary tools for Bro

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bro-aux on Kali Linux.

What is bro-aux

bro-aux is:

This package provides handy auxiliary programs related to the use of the Bro Network Security Monitor.

The ??adtrace?? utility is used to compute the network address that compose the internal and extern nets that bro is monitoring. The ??bro-cut?? utility reads ASCII Bro logs on standard input and outputs them with only the specified columns (if no column names are specified, then all columns are output). The “nfcollector” and “ftwire2bro” utilities are for dealing with Bro??s custom file format for storing NetFlow records.

There are three methods to install bro-aux 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 bro-aux Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bro-aux

Install bro-aux Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bro-aux

Install bro-aux 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 bro-aux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bro-aux

How To Uninstall bro-aux on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bro-aux package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bro-aux

Uninstall bro-aux And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bro-aux

Remove bro-aux Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bro-aux

Remove bro-aux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bro-aux

Dependencies

bro-aux have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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