How To Install sendip on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sendip on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sendip
sendip is:
SendIP has a large number of command line options to specify the content of every header of a RIP, TCP, UDP, ICMP or raw IPv4 and IPv6 packet. It also allows any data to be added to the packet. Checksums can be calculated automatically, but if you wish to send out wrong checksums, that is supported too.
There are three methods to install sendip 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 sendip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sendip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sendip
Install sendip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sendip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sendip
Install sendip 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 sendip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sendip
How To Uninstall sendip on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sendip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sendip
Uninstall sendip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sendip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sendip
Remove sendip Configurations and Data
To remove sendip configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sendip
Remove sendip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sendip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sendip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sendip package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
