How To Install icmpush on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icmpush
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is icmpush
icmpush is:
icmpush is a tool that builds ICMP packets fully customized from command line.
It supports the following ICMP error types: Redirect, Source Quench, Time Exceeded, Destination Unreach and Parameter Problem.
And the following ICMP information types: Address Mask Request, Timestamp, Information Request, Echo Request, Router Solicitation and Router Advertisement.
There are three methods to install icmpush
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install icmpush Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icmpush
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icmpush
Install icmpush Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icmpush
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icmpush
Install icmpush 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 icmpush
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icmpush
How To Uninstall icmpush on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the icmpush
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icmpush
Uninstall icmpush And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icmpush
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icmpush
Remove icmpush Configurations and Data
To remove icmpush
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icmpush
Remove icmpush configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icmpush
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icmpush
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icmpush
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.