How To Install traceroute.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install traceroute.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. traceroute.x86_64 is Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install traceroute.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `traceroute.x86_64`

The traceroute utility displays the route used by IP packets on their way to a specified network (or Internet) host. Traceroute displays the IP number and host name (if possible) of the machines along the route taken by the packets. Traceroute is used as a network debugging tool. If you’re having network connectivity problems, traceroute will show you where the trouble is coming from along the route. Install traceroute if you need a tool for diagnosing network connectivity problems.

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

Install traceroute.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 traceroute.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install traceroute.x86_64

How To Uninstall traceroute.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the traceroute.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove traceroute.x86_64

traceroute.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/tcptraceroute
/usr/bin/traceroute
/usr/bin/traceroute6
/usr/share/doc/traceroute-2.0.22
/usr/share/doc/traceroute-2.0.22/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/traceroute-2.0.22/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/traceroute-2.0.22/README
/usr/share/doc/traceroute-2.0.22/TODO
/usr/share/man/man8/tcptraceroute.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/traceroute.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/traceroute6.8.gz

References

traceroute.x86_64 website

Summary

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