How To Install mgen-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgen-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mgen-doc
mgen-doc is:
This package contains the HTML documentation for MGEN, a packet generator for IP network performance tests. It can also be found online at http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/work/mgen/ .
There are three methods to install mgen-doc 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 mgen-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mgen-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mgen-doc
Install mgen-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mgen-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mgen-doc
Install mgen-doc 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 mgen-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mgen-doc
How To Uninstall mgen-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mgen-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mgen-doc
Uninstall mgen-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mgen-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgen-doc
Remove mgen-doc Configurations and Data
To remove mgen-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mgen-doc
Remove mgen-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mgen-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgen-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgen-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
