How To Install ripe-atlas-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ripe-atlas-tools
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ripe-atlas-tools
ripe-atlas-tools is:
ripe-atlas-tools is the official command-line client for RIPE Atlas. RIPE Atlas is a global network of probes that measure Internet connectivity and reachability, providing an overview of the state of the Internet in real time. Currently the following operations are supported by the command line interface:
- Creation of measurements (ping, traceroute, DNS)
- Reports on public measurements
- Retrieval of measurement streams
- Public measurement searches
- Probe listings
There are three methods to install ripe-atlas-tools
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 ripe-atlas-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 ripe-atlas-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ripe-atlas-tools
Install ripe-atlas-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ripe-atlas-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ripe-atlas-tools
Install ripe-atlas-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 ripe-atlas-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ripe-atlas-tools
How To Uninstall ripe-atlas-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ripe-atlas-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ripe-atlas-tools
Uninstall ripe-atlas-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ripe-atlas-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ripe-atlas-tools
Remove ripe-atlas-tools Configurations and Data
To remove ripe-atlas-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ripe-atlas-tools
Remove ripe-atlas-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ripe-atlas-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ripe-atlas-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ripe-atlas-tools
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.