How To Install ripe-atlas-tools 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 ripe-atlas-tools on Ubuntu.

What is `ripe-atlas-tools`

ripe-atlas-tools is:

ripe-atlas-tools is the official command-line client for RIPE Atlas. RIPE Atlas is a global network of probes that measure Internet connectivity and reachability, providing an overview of the state of the Internet in real time. Currently the following operations are supported by the command line interface:

Creation of measurements (ping, traceroute, DNS)
Reports on public measurements
Retrieval of measurement streams
Public measurement searches
Probe listings

There are three methods to install ripe-atlas-tools 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 ripe-atlas-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ripe-atlas-tools

Install ripe-atlas-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ripe-atlas-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ripe-atlas-tools

Install ripe-atlas-tools 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 ripe-atlas-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ripe-atlas-tools

How To Uninstall ripe-atlas-tools on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the ripe-atlas-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ripe-atlas-tools

Uninstall ripe-atlas-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ripe-atlas-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ripe-atlas-tools

Remove ripe-atlas-tools Configurations and Data

To remove ripe-atlas-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ripe-atlas-tools

Remove ripe-atlas-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ripe-atlas-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ripe-atlas-tools

Dependencies

ripe-atlas-tools have the following dependencies:

References

ripe-atlas-tools website

Summary

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