How to Install and Uninstall softflowd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "softflowd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install softflowd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall softflowd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: softflowd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 99
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Biedl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.9-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8)
Filename: pool/universe/s/softflowd/softflowd_0.9.9-2_amd64.deb
Size: 35814
MD5sum: 7e4440ba9a2a002055570d4fbd74ced4
SHA1: b9d1dbce9b1bed6133d4ea2e4ad77f2924bd7734
SHA256: 7f7de02d07cb10e47f04fcea4dc59906a957056b438a0621af42a08cef6a41ce
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
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/softflowd/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu