How To Install fwlogwatch on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwlogwatch on Ubuntu 22.04. fwlogwatch is Firewall log analyzer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwlogwatch on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is fwlogwatch

fwlogwatch is:

fwlogwatch produces ipchains, netfilter/iptables, ipfilter, Cisco IOS and Cisco PIX log summary reports in text and HTML form and has a lot of options to find and display relevant patterns in connection attempts. With the data found it can also generate customizable incident reports from a template and send them to abuse contacts at offending sites or CERT coordination centers. Finally, it can also run as daemon and report anomalies or start countermeasures.

There are three methods to install fwlogwatch 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 fwlogwatch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fwlogwatch

Install fwlogwatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fwlogwatch using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fwlogwatch

Install fwlogwatch 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 fwlogwatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fwlogwatch

How To Uninstall fwlogwatch on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the fwlogwatch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fwlogwatch

Uninstall fwlogwatch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fwlogwatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwlogwatch

Remove fwlogwatch Configurations and Data

To remove fwlogwatch configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fwlogwatch

Remove fwlogwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwlogwatch

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwlogwatch package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.