How To Install nam-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nam-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nam-examples
nam-examples is:
NAM is a Tcl/TK based animation tool for viewing network simulation traces and real world packet traces. It supports topology layout, packet level animation, and various data inspection tools. NAM began at LBL. It has evolved substantially over the past few years. The NAM development effort was an ongoing collaboration with the VINT project. Currently, it is being developed at ISI as part of the SAMAN and Conser projects.
This package contains examples.
There are three methods to install nam-examples 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 nam-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nam-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nam-examples
Install nam-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nam-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nam-examples
Install nam-examples 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 nam-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nam-examples
How To Uninstall nam-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nam-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nam-examples
Uninstall nam-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nam-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nam-examples
Remove nam-examples Configurations and Data
To remove nam-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nam-examples
Remove nam-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nam-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nam-examples
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nam-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
