How To Install nast 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 nast on Ubuntu.
What is nast
nast is:
Can sniff in normal mode or in promiscuous mode the packets on a network interface and log it. It dumps the headers of packets and the payload in ascii or ascii-hex format. You can apply a filter. The sniffed data can be saved in a separated file.
As analyzer tool, it has many features like:
- Build LAN hosts list
- Follow a TCP-DATA stream
- Find LAN internet gateways
- Discover promiscuous nodes
- Reset an established connection
- Perform a single half-open portscanner
- Perform a multi half-open portscanner
- Find link type (hub or switch)
- Catch daemon banner of LAN nodes
- Control arp answers to discover possible arp-spoofings
- Byte counting with an optional filter
- Write reports logging
It also provides a ncurses menu.
There are three methods to install nast 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 nast Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nast using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nast
Install nast Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nast using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nast
Install nast 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 nast using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nast
How To Uninstall nast on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the nast package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nast
Uninstall nast And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nast and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nast
Remove nast Configurations and Data
To remove nast configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nast
Remove nast configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nast configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nast
Dependencies
nast have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nast package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.