How To Install libhipercontracer1 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhipercontracer1 on Ubuntu 22.04. libhipercontracer1 is API library of HiPerConTracer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhipercontracer1 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libhipercontracer1

libhipercontracer1 is:

High-Performance Connectivity Tracer (HiPerConTracer) is a ping/traceroute service. It performs regular ping and traceroute runs among sites and can export the results into an SQL or Non-SQL database.

The HiPerConTracer library is provided by this package.

There are three methods to install libhipercontracer1 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libhipercontracer1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhipercontracer1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhipercontracer1

Install libhipercontracer1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhipercontracer1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhipercontracer1

Install libhipercontracer1 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 libhipercontracer1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhipercontracer1

How To Uninstall libhipercontracer1 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libhipercontracer1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhipercontracer1

Uninstall libhipercontracer1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhipercontracer1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhipercontracer1

Remove libhipercontracer1 Configurations and Data

To remove libhipercontracer1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhipercontracer1

Remove libhipercontracer1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhipercontracer1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhipercontracer1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhipercontracer1 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.