How To Install tcptrace on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcptrace on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tcptrace
tcptrace is:
Tcptrace is a tool for analyzing and reporting on tcpdump (or other libpcap) dump files. It can summarize the data or generate graph data for use with the gnuplot tool from the gnuplot package. Graph data can be created for throughput, RTT, time sequences, segment size, and cwin.
There are three methods to install tcptrace 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 tcptrace Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcptrace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcptrace
Install tcptrace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcptrace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcptrace
Install tcptrace 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 tcptrace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcptrace
How To Uninstall tcptrace on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tcptrace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcptrace
Uninstall tcptrace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcptrace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcptrace
Remove tcptrace Configurations and Data
To remove tcptrace configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcptrace
Remove tcptrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcptrace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcptrace
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcptrace package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
