How To Install libtrace-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtrace-tools
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtrace-tools
libtrace-tools is:
libtrace is a library for trace processing. These tools perform many common tasks that are required when analysing and manipulating network traces.
Multiple input methods and formats are supported including device capture, raw and gz-compressed traces, and sockets.
libtrace is developed by the WAND Network Research Group at Waikato University in New Zealand.
There are three methods to install libtrace-tools
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtrace-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtrace-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtrace-tools
Install libtrace-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtrace-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtrace-tools
Install libtrace-tools 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 libtrace-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtrace-tools
How To Uninstall libtrace-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtrace-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtrace-tools
Uninstall libtrace-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtrace-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtrace-tools
Remove libtrace-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libtrace-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtrace-tools
Remove libtrace-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtrace-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtrace-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtrace-tools
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.