How To Install vpcs on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vpcs on Debian 12.
What is vpcs
vpcs is:
VPCS can simulate up to 9 PCs. You can ping/traceroute to them or ping/traceroute to other hosts/routers from the VPCS.
VPCS is not intended to be a fully functional PC, but is a tool to be used together with Dynamips.
There are three methods to install vpcs on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vpcs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vpcs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vpcs
Install vpcs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vpcs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vpcs
Install vpcs 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vpcs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vpcs
How To Uninstall vpcs on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vpcs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vpcs
Uninstall vpcs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vpcs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vpcs
Remove vpcs Configurations and Data
To remove vpcs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vpcs
Remove vpcs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vpcs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vpcs
Dependencies
vpcs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vpcs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
