How To Install pads on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pads on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pads
pads is:
Pads is a signature based detection engine used to passively detect network assets. It can determine which systems are alive in the network as well as the services they make use of. It is designed to complement IDS technology by providing context to IDS alerts. Unlike other tools, like nmap, it will not generate any network traffic which makes it useful to run both on network capture files and promiscuous mode interfaces.
There are three methods to install pads on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pads Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pads using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pads
Install pads Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pads using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pads
Install pads 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 pads using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pads
How To Uninstall pads on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pads package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pads
Uninstall pads And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pads and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pads
Remove pads Configurations and Data
To remove pads configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pads
Remove pads configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pads configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pads
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pads package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
