How To Install nfstrace-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfstrace-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. nfstrace-doc is NFS tracing/monitoring/capturing/analyzing tool (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfstrace-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is nfstrace-doc

nfstrace-doc is:

nfstrace captures live NFS traffic and performs filtering, statistical analysis, visualisation and more. It also provides an API for custom pluggable analysis modules.

This package ships the documentation for nfstrace.

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

sudo apt-get -y install nfstrace-doc

Install nfstrace-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nfstrace-doc

Install nfstrace-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 nfstrace-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nfstrace-doc

How To Uninstall nfstrace-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the nfstrace-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nfstrace-doc

Uninstall nfstrace-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nfstrace-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nfstrace-doc

Remove nfstrace-doc Configurations and Data

To remove nfstrace-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nfstrace-doc

Remove nfstrace-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfstrace-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfstrace-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.