How To Install snmptrapfmt on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snmptrapfmt
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is snmptrapfmt
snmptrapfmt is:
This package contains a configurable snmp trap handler daemon for snmpd. The output of this trap handler daemon may be specified via a configuration file and written to a logfile or to the syslog daemon. During installation of this package, the configuration file for the snmptrapd daemon is changed (old version is saved) to activate the trap handler. The snmpd and snmptrapd daemons are restarted.
There are three methods to install snmptrapfmt
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install snmptrapfmt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snmptrapfmt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snmptrapfmt
Install snmptrapfmt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snmptrapfmt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snmptrapfmt
Install snmptrapfmt 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 snmptrapfmt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snmptrapfmt
How To Uninstall snmptrapfmt on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the snmptrapfmt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snmptrapfmt
Uninstall snmptrapfmt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snmptrapfmt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snmptrapfmt
Remove snmptrapfmt Configurations and Data
To remove snmptrapfmt
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snmptrapfmt
Remove snmptrapfmt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snmptrapfmt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snmptrapfmt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snmptrapfmt
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.