How To Install ripe-atlas-tools-doc on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ripe-atlas-tools-doc on Debian 9.

What is ripe-atlas-tools-doc

ripe-atlas-tools-doc is:

ripe-atlas-tools is the official command-line client for RIPE Atlas. RIPE Atlas is a global network of probes that measure Internet connectivity and reachability, providing an overview of the state of the Internet in real time. Currently the following operations are supported by the command line interface:

• Creation of measurements (ping, traceroute, DNS)
• Reports on public measurements
• Retrieval of measurement streams
• Public measurement searches
• Probe listings

This package contains the documentation for ripe-atlas-tools

There are three methods to install ripe-atlas-tools-doc 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 ripe-atlas-tools-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ripe-atlas-tools-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ripe-atlas-tools-doc

Install ripe-atlas-tools-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ripe-atlas-tools-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ripe-atlas-tools-doc

Install ripe-atlas-tools-doc 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 ripe-atlas-tools-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ripe-atlas-tools-doc

How To Uninstall ripe-atlas-tools-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ripe-atlas-tools-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ripe-atlas-tools-doc

Uninstall ripe-atlas-tools-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ripe-atlas-tools-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ripe-atlas-tools-doc

Remove ripe-atlas-tools-doc Configurations and Data

To remove ripe-atlas-tools-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ripe-atlas-tools-doc

Remove ripe-atlas-tools-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ripe-atlas-tools-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ripe-atlas-tools-doc

Dependencies

ripe-atlas-tools-doc have the following dependencies:

• libjs-sphinxdoc

References

• ripe-atlas-tools-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ripe-atlas-tools-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.