How To Install snmpsim 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 snmpsim on Ubuntu.
What is snmpsim
snmpsim is:
SNMP Simulator is a software that would act like a multitude of real physical devices from SNMP Manager’s point of view. Simulator builds and uses a database of physical devices’ SNMP footprints to respond like their real counterparts do.
Typical use case for this software starts with recording a snapshot of SNMP objects of donor agents into text files. Once you have your snapshots at hand, a simulator script could be run over the snapshots responding to SNMP queries in the same way as donor SNMP agents did at the time of recording.
Technically, SNMP Simulator is a multi-context SNMP agent. That means that it handles multiple sets of managed object all at once. Each device is simulated within a dedicated SNMP context.
There are three methods to install snmpsim 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 snmpsim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snmpsim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snmpsim
Install snmpsim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snmpsim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snmpsim
Install snmpsim 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 snmpsim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snmpsim
How To Uninstall snmpsim on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the snmpsim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snmpsim
Uninstall snmpsim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snmpsim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snmpsim
Remove snmpsim Configurations and Data
To remove snmpsim configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snmpsim
Remove snmpsim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snmpsim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snmpsim
Dependencies
snmpsim have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snmpsim package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.