How To Install trace-summary on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install trace-summary on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is trace-summary
trace-summary is:
trace-summary is a Python script that generates break-downs of network traffic, including lists of the top hosts, protocols, ports, etc. Optionally, it can generate output separately for incoming vs. outgoing traffic, per subnet, and per time-interval.
There are three methods to install trace-summary 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 trace-summary Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install trace-summary using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install trace-summary
Install trace-summary Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install trace-summary using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install trace-summary
Install trace-summary 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 trace-summary using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install trace-summary
How To Uninstall trace-summary on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the trace-summary package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove trace-summary
Uninstall trace-summary And Its Dependencies
To uninstall trace-summary and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove trace-summary
Remove trace-summary Configurations and Data
To remove trace-summary configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge trace-summary
Remove trace-summary configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove trace-summary configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trace-summary
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install trace-summary package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
