How To Install olsrd-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install olsrd-gui on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is olsrd-gui
olsrd-gui is:
olsrd-gui is a GTK GUI for controlling and getting information from a running olsrd, a daemon for OLSR mesh networking. It uses IPC to talk to olsrd, so /etc/olsrd/olsrd.conf must enable IPC connections for olsrd-gui to work.
OLSR operates as a table driven, proactive protocol, i.e., it exchanges topology information with other nodes of the network regularly. It is developed to work independently from other protocols. Likewise, OLSR makes no assumptions about the underlying link-layer.
There are three methods to install olsrd-gui 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 olsrd-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install olsrd-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install olsrd-gui
Install olsrd-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install olsrd-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install olsrd-gui
Install olsrd-gui 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 olsrd-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install olsrd-gui
How To Uninstall olsrd-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the olsrd-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove olsrd-gui
Uninstall olsrd-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall olsrd-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove olsrd-gui
Remove olsrd-gui Configurations and Data
To remove olsrd-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge olsrd-gui
Remove olsrd-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove olsrd-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge olsrd-gui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install olsrd-gui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.