How To Install etherpuppet on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install etherpuppet on Ubuntu 22.04. etherpuppet is create a virtual interface from a remote Ethernet interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install etherpuppet on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is etherpuppet

etherpuppet is:

Etherpuppet is a small program that will create a virtual interface (TUN/TAP) on one machine from the ethernet interface of another machine through a TCP connection. Everything seen by the real interface will be seen by the virtual one. Everything sent to the virtual interface will be emitted by the real one.

It has been designed because one often has a small machine as their Internet gateway, and sometimes want to run some big applications that need raw access to this interface, for sniffing (Wireshark, etc.) or for crafting packets that do not survive being reassembled, translated, routed, etc.

There are three methods to install etherpuppet 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 etherpuppet Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install etherpuppet using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install etherpuppet

Install etherpuppet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install etherpuppet using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install etherpuppet

Install etherpuppet 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 etherpuppet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install etherpuppet

How To Uninstall etherpuppet on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the etherpuppet package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove etherpuppet

Uninstall etherpuppet And Its Dependencies

To uninstall etherpuppet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove etherpuppet

Remove etherpuppet Configurations and Data

To remove etherpuppet configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge etherpuppet

Remove etherpuppet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove etherpuppet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge etherpuppet

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install etherpuppet package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.