How To Install vusb-analyzer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vusb-analyzer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vusb-analyzer
vusb-analyzer is:
The Virtual USB Analyzer is a tool for visualizing logs of USB packets, from hardware or software USB sniffer tools.
Currently, it supports two log formats (but it’s designed to be easily extensible):
- Logged USB traffic from debug builds of VMware Fusion, Workstation, or Player.
- XML logs from the Ellisys USB Explorer 200, a hardware USB 2.0 analyzer.
There are three methods to install vusb-analyzer 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 vusb-analyzer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vusb-analyzer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vusb-analyzer
Install vusb-analyzer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vusb-analyzer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vusb-analyzer
Install vusb-analyzer 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 vusb-analyzer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vusb-analyzer
How To Uninstall vusb-analyzer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vusb-analyzer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vusb-analyzer
Uninstall vusb-analyzer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vusb-analyzer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vusb-analyzer
Remove vusb-analyzer Configurations and Data
To remove vusb-analyzer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vusb-analyzer
Remove vusb-analyzer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vusb-analyzer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vusb-analyzer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vusb-analyzer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
