How To Install mtr-tiny on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtr-tiny on Kali Linux.

What is mtr-tiny

mtr-tiny 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.

mtr-tiny is compiled without support for X and conserves disk space.

There are three methods to install mtr-tiny 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 mtr-tiny 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-tiny using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mtr-tiny

Install mtr-tiny Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mtr-tiny

Install mtr-tiny 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 mtr-tiny using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mtr-tiny

How To Uninstall mtr-tiny on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mtr-tiny

Uninstall mtr-tiny And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mtr-tiny and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mtr-tiny

Remove mtr-tiny Configurations and Data

To remove mtr-tiny configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mtr-tiny

Remove mtr-tiny configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mtr-tiny

Dependencies

mtr-tiny have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• mtr-tiny website

Summary

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