How To Install radvdump on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install radvdump on Ubuntu 18.04. radvdump is dumps Router Advertisements

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install radvdump on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is radvdump

radvdump is:

Tool for IPv6 network administrators. Dumps RA, Router Advertisements.

There are three methods to install radvdump 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 radvdump Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install radvdump

Install radvdump Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install radvdump using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install radvdump

Install radvdump 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 radvdump using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install radvdump

How To Uninstall radvdump on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the radvdump package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove radvdump

Uninstall radvdump And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove radvdump

Remove radvdump Configurations and Data

To remove radvdump configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge radvdump

Remove radvdump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge radvdump

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Summary

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