How To Install slinkwatch 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 slinkwatch on Ubuntu.
What is slinkwatch
slinkwatch is:
slinkwatch is the Suricata Link Watcher, a tool to dynamically maintain interface entries in Suricata’s configuration file, depending on what network interfaces are connected. It is meant to ease deployment of identical sensor installations at many heterogenous sites, allowing to make full use of the sensor resources in the light of varying monitoring volume.
There are three methods to install slinkwatch 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 slinkwatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install slinkwatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install slinkwatch
Install slinkwatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install slinkwatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install slinkwatch
Install slinkwatch 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 slinkwatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install slinkwatch
How To Uninstall slinkwatch on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the slinkwatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove slinkwatch
Uninstall slinkwatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall slinkwatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove slinkwatch
Remove slinkwatch Configurations and Data
To remove slinkwatch configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge slinkwatch
Remove slinkwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove slinkwatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slinkwatch
Dependencies
slinkwatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slinkwatch package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.