How To Install smcroute 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 smcroute on Ubuntu.
What is smcroute
smcroute is:
SMCRoute is a daemon and command line tool to manipulate the multicast routing table of a UNIX kernel. It can be used as an alternative to dynamic multicast routers like pimd, mrouted, quagga-pimd, or xorp in situations where static multicast routes should be maintained and/or no proper IGMP signaling exists.
There are three methods to install smcroute 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 smcroute Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smcroute using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smcroute
Install smcroute Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smcroute using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smcroute
Install smcroute 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 smcroute using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smcroute
How To Uninstall smcroute on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the smcroute package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smcroute
Uninstall smcroute And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smcroute and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smcroute
Remove smcroute Configurations and Data
To remove smcroute configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smcroute
Remove smcroute configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smcroute configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smcroute
Dependencies
smcroute have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smcroute package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.