How To Install python-libtrace on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libtrace on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libtrace
python-libtrace is:
python-libtrace (plt) is a Python module that allows you to work with packet trace data using WAND’s libtrace library.
It’s intended to provide a clean, simple, Python-like way of working with libtrace, rather than a simple translation of the libtrace calls from C into Python. For example for the protocol header decodes, the field names from the RFCs are used rather than libtrace’s names.
This package contains the Python 2 bindings.
There are three methods to install python-libtrace 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 python-libtrace Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libtrace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libtrace
Install python-libtrace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libtrace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libtrace
Install python-libtrace 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 python-libtrace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libtrace
How To Uninstall python-libtrace on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libtrace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libtrace
Uninstall python-libtrace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libtrace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libtrace
Remove python-libtrace Configurations and Data
To remove python-libtrace configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libtrace
Remove python-libtrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libtrace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libtrace
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libtrace package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
