How To Install netmate on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netmate
on Debian 10.
What is netmate
netmate is:
netmate was inspired in netdude[1] (dead) and can be used to learn and teach about TCP/IP protocols. It is a GTK+ program that shows lines selected from files in pcap style (generated by tcpdump and Wireshark or another code based in libpcap) as 32-bit headers, identical to the used by RFCs.
This program works with Ethernet, IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, ICMP, ICMP6, NDP and others.
[1] http://netdude.sourceforge.net
There are three methods to install netmate
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install netmate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netmate
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netmate
Install netmate Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netmate
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netmate
Install netmate 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 netmate
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netmate
How To Uninstall netmate on Debian 10
To uninstall only the netmate
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netmate
Uninstall netmate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netmate
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netmate
Remove netmate Configurations and Data
To remove netmate
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netmate
Remove netmate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netmate
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netmate
Dependencies
netmate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netmate
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.