How To Install udptunnel on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install udptunnel
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is udptunnel
udptunnel is:
UDPTunnel is a small program which can tunnel UDP packets bi-directionally over a TCP connection. Its primary purpose (and original motivation) is to allow multi-media conferences to traverse a firewall which allows only outgoing TCP connections. UDPTunnel also can be used for security tests in networks.
There are three methods to install udptunnel
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install udptunnel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install udptunnel
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install udptunnel
Install udptunnel Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install udptunnel
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install udptunnel
Install udptunnel 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 udptunnel
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install udptunnel
How To Uninstall udptunnel on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the udptunnel
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove udptunnel
Uninstall udptunnel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall udptunnel
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove udptunnel
Remove udptunnel Configurations and Data
To remove udptunnel
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge udptunnel
Remove udptunnel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove udptunnel
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge udptunnel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install udptunnel
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.