How To Install mtr on Debian 12

Learn how to install mtr on Debian 12 with this tutorial. mtr is Full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtr on Debian 12.

What is mtr

mtr is:

mtr combines the functionality of the ’traceroute’ and ‘ping’ programs in a single network diagnostic tool.

As mtr starts, it investigates the network connection between the host mtr runs on and a user-specified destination host. After it determines the address of each network hop between the machines, it sends a sequence of ICMP ECHO requests to each one to determine the quality of the link to each machine. As it does this, it prints running statistics about each machine.

There are three methods to install mtr on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mtr Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mtr

Install mtr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mtr using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mtr

Install mtr 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mtr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mtr

How To Uninstall mtr on Debian 12

To uninstall only the mtr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mtr

Uninstall mtr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mtr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mtr

Remove mtr Configurations and Data

To remove mtr configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mtr

Remove mtr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mtr

Dependencies

mtr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtr package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.