How To Install httpry-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install httpry-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. httpry-dbg is HTTP logging and information retrieval tool - debug symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install httpry-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is httpry-dbg

httpry-dbg is:

httpry is a tool designed for displaying and logging HTTP traffic. It is not intended to perform analysis itself, but instead to capture, parse and/or log the traffic for later analysis. It can be run in real-time displaying the live traffic on the wire, or as a daemon process that logs to an output file. It is written to be as lightweight and flexible as possible, so that it can be easily adaptable to different applications. It does not display the raw HTTP data transferred, but instead focuses on parsing and displaying the request/response line along with associated header fields.

This package contains the debug symbols for httpry. Install this package if you need to debug such a program or if you need a useful backtrace of a crash.

There are three methods to install httpry-dbg 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 httpry-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install httpry-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install httpry-dbg

Install httpry-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install httpry-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install httpry-dbg

Install httpry-dbg 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 httpry-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install httpry-dbg

How To Uninstall httpry-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the httpry-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove httpry-dbg

Uninstall httpry-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall httpry-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove httpry-dbg

Remove httpry-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove httpry-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge httpry-dbg

Remove httpry-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove httpry-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge httpry-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install httpry-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.