How To Install picviz on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install picviz on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is picviz
picviz is:
Picviz is a parallel coordinates plotter which enables easy scripting from various input (tcpdump, syslog, iptables logs, Apache logs, etc..) to visualize your data and discover interesting results quickly.
Its primary goal is to graph data in order to be able to quickly analyze problems and find correlations among variables. With security analysis in mind, the program has been designed to be very flexible, able to graph millions of events.
The language is designed to be close to the graphviz graph description language.
There are three methods to install picviz 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 picviz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install picviz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install picviz
Install picviz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install picviz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install picviz
Install picviz 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 picviz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install picviz
How To Uninstall picviz on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the picviz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove picviz
Uninstall picviz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall picviz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove picviz
Remove picviz Configurations and Data
To remove picviz configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge picviz
Remove picviz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove picviz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge picviz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install picviz package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
