How to Install and Uninstall softflowd Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "softflowd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install softflowd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                softflowd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "softflowd" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall softflowd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                softflowd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the softflowd package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: softflowd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.0-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 134
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), lsb-base, netbase
Filename: pool/universe/s/softflowd/softflowd_1.0.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 43348
MD5sum: 74b047192631d2294fa64c097d30a1c4
SHA1: 254361c86a0478ad40fcc8f2cc25889778a826b3
SHA256: 4e613bf14d86d966252363f7f537f55b8f7fe2141e2546736a76a25888d2c142
SHA512: 8c3416037d0391f3a965a7a207155c92c2d8ce3011422c54b6887c704ba25e8377af9b3e6f5d238fb1d130d77bcc99538e3041f49e6c93b108727199307c78f3
Homepage: https://github.com/irino/softflowd
Description-en: Flow-based network traffic analyser
Softflowd is a flow-based network traffic anaylser capable of Cisco
Netflow data export. Softflowd semi-statefully tracks traffic
flows recorded by listening on a network interface or by reading a
packet capture file. These flows may be reported via NetFlow to a
collecting host or summarised within softflowd itself.
Description-md5: 7bb668c4347cff9b6ca008dbab4f596f