How To Install mtr-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtr-gtk.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. mtr-gtk.x86_64 is GTK+ interface for MTR

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtr-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `mtr-gtk.x86_64`

MTR combines the functionality of the ’traceroute’ and ‘ping’ programs in a single network diagnostic tool. The mtr-gtk package provides the GTK+ interface for MTR. When MTR is started, it investigates the network connection between the host MTR runs on and the user-specified destination host. Afterwards it determines the address of each network hop between the machines and sends a sequence of ICMP echo requests to each one to determine the quality of the link to each machine. While doing this, it prints running statistics about each machine.

We can use yum to install mtr-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mtr-gtk.x86_64.

Install mtr-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mtr-gtk.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mtr-gtk.x86_64

How To Uninstall mtr-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the mtr-gtk.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove mtr-gtk.x86_64

mtr-gtk.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/xmtr
/usr/bin/xmtr.bin
/usr/share/applications/net-xmtr.desktop
/usr/share/pixmaps/mtr_icon.xpm
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.fedoraproject.mtr.policy

References

mtr-gtk.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtr-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.