How To Install zeek-aux 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 zeek-aux on Ubuntu.
What is zeek-aux
zeek-aux is:
This package provides handy auxiliary programs related to the use of the Zeek Network Security Monitor.
The “adtrace” utility is used to compute the network address that compose the internal and extern nets that Zeek is monitoring. The “zeek-cut” utility reads ASCII Zeek logs on standard input and outputs them with only the specified columns (if no column names are specified, then all columns are output). The “nfcollector” and “ftwire2zeek” utilities are for dealing with Zeek’s custom file format for storing NetFlow records.
There are three methods to install zeek-aux 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 zeek-aux Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zeek-aux using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zeek-aux
Install zeek-aux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zeek-aux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zeek-aux
Install zeek-aux 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 zeek-aux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zeek-aux
How To Uninstall zeek-aux on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zeek-aux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zeek-aux
Uninstall zeek-aux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zeek-aux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zeek-aux
Remove zeek-aux Configurations and Data
To remove zeek-aux configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zeek-aux
Remove zeek-aux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zeek-aux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zeek-aux
Dependencies
zeek-aux have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zeek-aux package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.