How To Install iputils-tracepath on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iputils-tracepath
on Kali Linux.
What is iputils-tracepath
iputils-tracepath is:
The tracepath utility is similar to the traceroute utility, but also attempts to discover the MTU of the path. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
There are three methods to install iputils-tracepath
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iputils-tracepath Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iputils-tracepath
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iputils-tracepath
Install iputils-tracepath Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iputils-tracepath
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iputils-tracepath
Install iputils-tracepath Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install iputils-tracepath
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iputils-tracepath
How To Uninstall iputils-tracepath on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the iputils-tracepath
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iputils-tracepath
Uninstall iputils-tracepath And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iputils-tracepath
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iputils-tracepath
Remove iputils-tracepath Configurations and Data
To remove iputils-tracepath
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iputils-tracepath
Remove iputils-tracepath configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iputils-tracepath
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iputils-tracepath
Dependencies
iputils-tracepath have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iputils-tracepath
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.