How To Install plotnetcfg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plotnetcfg
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is plotnetcfg
plotnetcfg is:
plotnetcfg is a lightweight tool capable of scanning a machine’s network configuration and producing a diagram of the local network hierarchy. It supports scanning across network namespaces, most types of network interfaces, and understands the specifics of VLANs, bridges, veth pairs and Open vSwitch.
There are three methods to install plotnetcfg
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install plotnetcfg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plotnetcfg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plotnetcfg
Install plotnetcfg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plotnetcfg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plotnetcfg
Install plotnetcfg 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 plotnetcfg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plotnetcfg
How To Uninstall plotnetcfg on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the plotnetcfg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plotnetcfg
Uninstall plotnetcfg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plotnetcfg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plotnetcfg
Remove plotnetcfg Configurations and Data
To remove plotnetcfg
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plotnetcfg
Remove plotnetcfg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plotnetcfg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plotnetcfg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plotnetcfg
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.