How To Install packeth on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install packeth on Debian 9.
What is packeth
packeth is:
packeth is a GUI packet generator tool for Ethernet. It allows you to create and send any possible packet or sequence of packets via Ethernet. It also supports the PCAP format, so you can load packets from any other program (i.e. wireshark).
You can create and send any Ethernet packet. The supported protocols are: Ethernet II, Ethernet 802.3, 802.1q, QinQ, ARP, IPv4, UDP, TCP, ICMP, IGMP, RTP.
There are three methods to install packeth on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install packeth Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install packeth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install packeth
Install packeth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install packeth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install packeth
Install packeth 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 packeth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install packeth
How To Uninstall packeth on Debian 9
To uninstall only the packeth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove packeth
Uninstall packeth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall packeth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove packeth
Remove packeth Configurations and Data
To remove packeth configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge packeth
Remove packeth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove packeth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge packeth
Dependencies
packeth have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install packeth package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.