How To Install nam-examples on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nam-examples on Debian 9. nam-examples is examples of nam

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nam-examples on Debian 9.

What is nam-examples

nam-examples is:

NAM is a Tcl/TK based animation tool for viewing network simulation traces and real world packet traces. It supports topology layout, packet level animation, and various data inspection tools. NAM began at LBL. It has evolved substantially over the past few years. The NAM development effort was an ongoing collaboration with the VINT project. Currently, it is being developed at ISI as part of the SAMAN and Conser projects.

This package contains examples.

There are three methods to install nam-examples on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nam-examples Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nam-examples

Install nam-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nam-examples

Install nam-examples 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nam-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nam-examples

How To Uninstall nam-examples on Debian 9

To uninstall only the nam-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nam-examples

Uninstall nam-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nam-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nam-examples

Remove nam-examples Configurations and Data

To remove nam-examples configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nam-examples

Remove nam-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nam-examples

Dependencies

nam-examples have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nam-examples package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.