How To Install tcpspy 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 tcpspy on Ubuntu.
What is tcpspy
tcpspy is:
tcpspy is an administrator’s tool that logs information about incoming and outgoing TCP/IP connections. It’s written in C and uses no libpcap functions, unlike tcpdump.
Connections are selected for logging with rules, similarly to the filter expressions accepted by tcpdump. The following information is logged: username, local address and port, remote address and port, and, optionally, the executable filename.
This Debian version supports IPv4 and IPv6.
There are three methods to install tcpspy 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 tcpspy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcpspy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcpspy
Install tcpspy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcpspy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcpspy
Install tcpspy 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 tcpspy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcpspy
How To Uninstall tcpspy on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tcpspy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcpspy
Uninstall tcpspy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcpspy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcpspy
Remove tcpspy Configurations and Data
To remove tcpspy configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcpspy
Remove tcpspy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcpspy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcpspy
Dependencies
tcpspy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpspy package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.