How To Install irtt on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install irtt on Ubuntu 22.04. irtt is Isochronous Round-Trip Tester

Introduction

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

What is irtt

irtt is:

IRTT (Isochronous Round-Trip Tester) IRTT measures round-trip time, one-way delay and other metrics using UDP packets sent on a fixed period, and produces both user and machine parseable output.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install irtt

Install irtt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install irtt

Install irtt 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 irtt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install irtt

How To Uninstall irtt on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove irtt

Uninstall irtt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove irtt

Remove irtt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge irtt

Remove irtt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge irtt

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Summary

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