How To Install bgpdump on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bgpdump on Ubuntu.
What is bgpdump
bgpdump is:
The bgpdump programs analyses the dump files produced by the quagga routing daemon or the Multithreaded Routing Toolkit (MRT).
There are three methods to install bgpdump on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bgpdump Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bgpdump using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bgpdump
Install bgpdump Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bgpdump using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bgpdump
Install bgpdump 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 bgpdump using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bgpdump
How To Uninstall bgpdump on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the bgpdump package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bgpdump
Uninstall bgpdump And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bgpdump and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bgpdump
Remove bgpdump Configurations and Data
To remove bgpdump configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bgpdump
Remove bgpdump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bgpdump configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bgpdump
Dependencies
bgpdump have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bgpdump package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.