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Quick installation of etherape:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: etherape
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install etherape
Package Details | |
| Package: | etherape |
| Version: | 0.9.12-1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://etherape.sourceforge.net |
| Description: | graphical network monitor EtherApe is a graphical network monitor modeled after etherman. it displays network activity graphically, showing active hosts as circles of varying size, and traffic among them as lines of varying width. . It features link layer, ip and TCP modes, color-color coded protocols display, Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, ISDN, PPP and SLIP devices. It can filter traffic to be shown, and can read traffic from a file as well as live from the network. Homepage: http://etherape.sourceforge.net |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/gnome |
How to install etherape on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If etherape is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L etherape' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L etherape Package `etherape' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing etherape:
After system update use the following command to install etherape:
sudo apt-get install etherape
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove etherape from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the etherape from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the etherape following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove etherape
Following command is used to remove the etherape package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove etherape
This will remove etherape and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing etherape with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge etherape
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove etherape
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with etherape package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
