How To Install mrtparse on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrtparse on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mrtparse
mrtparse is:
The MRT format can be used to export routing protocol messages, state changes, and routing information base contents, and is defined in RFC6396.
Programs like Quagga / Zebra, BIRD, OpenBGPD and PyRT can dump the MRT format data. Archives are also available from the Route Views Projects and RIPE NCC.
This package contains various utilities using the Python module, including a tool to convert to an ExaBGP input, a tool to a bgpdump input, a tool to dump all the information as text and a tool to print a short summary.
There are three methods to install mrtparse 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 mrtparse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mrtparse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mrtparse
Install mrtparse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mrtparse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mrtparse
Install mrtparse 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 mrtparse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mrtparse
How To Uninstall mrtparse on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mrtparse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mrtparse
Uninstall mrtparse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mrtparse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mrtparse
Remove mrtparse Configurations and Data
To remove mrtparse configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mrtparse
Remove mrtparse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mrtparse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mrtparse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrtparse package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.