Installing EdMon on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install EdMon on Alpine Linux Latest. EdMon is a network monitoring tool that allows you to monitor your network connections and traffic. We will guide you through the process of installing and configuring EdMon using the commands on the command line.

Prerequisites

Before you start with the installation process, you will need:

Step 1: Update your system

Before proceeding with the installation, we need to make sure that our system is up-to-date. Therefore, let's update and upgrade the packages:

sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade

Step 2: Install the required packages

To install EdMon on your system, we need to install some required packages first. Make sure that the following packages are installed and up-to-date:

sudo apk add git build-base libpcap libpcap-dev

Step 3: Clone the EdMon repository

To download the EdMon source code from the GitHub repository, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Edraens/EdMon.git

Step 4: Build and install EdMon

Navigate to the EdMon directory using the following command:

cd EdMon

After navigating to the EdMon directory, run the following command to build and install the software:

make && sudo make install

Step 5: Check if EdMon is installed

To check if EdMon is installed on your system, run the following command:

sudo edmon -v

This command will display the version of EdMon that has been installed on your system. If you see version information displayed, it means you have installed Edmon successfully on your system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install EdMon on Alpine Linux Latest. We first updated the system and installed the required packages. Then, we cloned the EdMon repository and built and installed the software. Finally, we checked if EdMon was installed on our system. You can now start using EdMon to monitor your network traffic.

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