How To Install traceroute on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install traceroute
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is traceroute
traceroute is:
The traceroute utility displays the route used by IP packets on their way to a specified network (or Internet) host. Traceroute displays the IP number and host name (if possible) of the machines along the route taken by the packets. Traceroute is used as a network debugging tool. If you’re having network connectivity problems, traceroute will show you where the trouble is coming from along the route.
Install traceroute if you need a tool for diagnosing network connectivity problems.
There are three methods to install traceroute
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 traceroute Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install traceroute
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install traceroute
Install traceroute Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install traceroute
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install traceroute
Install traceroute 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 traceroute
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install traceroute
How To Uninstall traceroute on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the traceroute
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove traceroute
Uninstall traceroute And Its Dependencies
To uninstall traceroute
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove traceroute
Remove traceroute Configurations and Data
To remove traceroute
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge traceroute
Remove traceroute configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove traceroute
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge traceroute
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install traceroute
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.