How To Install ruby-packetfu on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-packetfu
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-packetfu
ruby-packetfu is:
PacketFu is a library for reading and writing packets to an interface or to a libpcap-formatted file. This library can read, parse, and write network packets with the level of ease and fun expected from Ruby.
There are three methods to install ruby-packetfu
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 ruby-packetfu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-packetfu
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-packetfu
Install ruby-packetfu Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-packetfu
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-packetfu
Install ruby-packetfu 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 ruby-packetfu
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-packetfu
How To Uninstall ruby-packetfu on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-packetfu
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-packetfu
Uninstall ruby-packetfu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-packetfu
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-packetfu
Remove ruby-packetfu Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-packetfu
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-packetfu
Remove ruby-packetfu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-packetfu
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-packetfu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-packetfu
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.