How To Install netbase 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 netbase on Ubuntu.
What is netbase
netbase is:
This package provides the necessary infrastructure for basic TCP/IP based networking.
In particular, it supplies common name-to-number mappings in /etc/services, /etc/rpc, /etc/protocols and /etc/ethertypes.
There are three methods to install netbase 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 netbase Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netbase using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netbase
Install netbase Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netbase using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netbase
Install netbase 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 netbase using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netbase
How To Uninstall netbase on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the netbase package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netbase
Uninstall netbase And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netbase and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netbase
Remove netbase Configurations and Data
To remove netbase configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netbase
Remove netbase configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netbase configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netbase
Dependencies
netbase have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netbase package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.