How To Install tcptrack on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcptrack on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tcptrack
tcptrack is:
tcptrack is a sniffer which displays information about TCP connections it sees on a network interface. It passively watches for connections on the network interface, keeps track of their state and displays a list of connections in a manner similar to the unix ’top’ command. It displays source and destination addresses and ports, connection state, idle time, and bandwidth usage.
There are three methods to install tcptrack 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 tcptrack Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcptrack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcptrack
Install tcptrack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcptrack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcptrack
Install tcptrack 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 tcptrack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcptrack
How To Uninstall tcptrack on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tcptrack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcptrack
Uninstall tcptrack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcptrack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcptrack
Remove tcptrack Configurations and Data
To remove tcptrack configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcptrack
Remove tcptrack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcptrack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcptrack
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcptrack package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
