How To Install libnetfilter-log-doc on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter-log-doc on Ubuntu.
What is libnetfilter-log-doc
libnetfilter-log-doc is:
libnetfilter_log is a userspace library providing interface to packets that have been logged by the kernel packet filter. It is part of a system that deprecates the old syslog/dmesg based packet logging.
This package provides HTML documentation and man-pages for the API.
There are three methods to install libnetfilter-log-doc on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnetfilter-log-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnetfilter-log-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnetfilter-log-doc
Install libnetfilter-log-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnetfilter-log-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnetfilter-log-doc
Install libnetfilter-log-doc 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 libnetfilter-log-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnetfilter-log-doc
How To Uninstall libnetfilter-log-doc on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libnetfilter-log-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnetfilter-log-doc
Uninstall libnetfilter-log-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnetfilter-log-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetfilter-log-doc
Remove libnetfilter-log-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libnetfilter-log-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnetfilter-log-doc
Remove libnetfilter-log-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnetfilter-log-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetfilter-log-doc
Dependencies
libnetfilter-log-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter-log-doc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.