How To Install slirp4netns 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 slirp4netns on Ubuntu.
What is slirp4netns
slirp4netns is:
slirp4netns provides user-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces.
slirp4netns allows connecting a network namespace to the Internet in a completely unprivileged way, by connecting a TAP device in a network namespace to the usermode TCP/IP stack (“slirp”).
There are three methods to install slirp4netns 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 slirp4netns Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install slirp4netns using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install slirp4netns
Install slirp4netns Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install slirp4netns using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install slirp4netns
Install slirp4netns 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 slirp4netns using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install slirp4netns
How To Uninstall slirp4netns on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the slirp4netns package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove slirp4netns
Uninstall slirp4netns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall slirp4netns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove slirp4netns
Remove slirp4netns Configurations and Data
To remove slirp4netns configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge slirp4netns
Remove slirp4netns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove slirp4netns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slirp4netns
Dependencies
slirp4netns have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slirp4netns package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.