How to Install and Uninstall iputils-tracepath Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "iputils-tracepath" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install iputils-tracepath on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iputils-tracepath
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "iputils-tracepath" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall iputils-tracepath on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iputils-tracepath package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: iputils-tracepath
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3:20200821-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: net
Source: iputils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 80
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.25), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10)
Suggests: traceroute
Filename: pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-tracepath_20200821-2_amd64.deb
Size: 20036
MD5sum: e1f6eb228e3c4ad21b7a086e4d45547e
SHA1: a52441ee2fa6260fd3bcdb3f1f4431083a524dcd
SHA256: 5f248725d135af7a1304e62797f3fa237871e1cf20711958cc14d6342e3b2300
SHA512: cb7624601eb80c375080bfedf0c6c39dbc66cd664a1f31cf8196ab6c51f6e17c293255f92c6d0fa7731c5b8af70693439c13341b515eb790bee23f89a20061cb
Homepage: https://github.com/iputils/iputils/
Description-en: Tools to trace the network path to a remote host
The tracepath utility is similar to the traceroute utility, but also
attempts to discover the MTU of the path. Supports IPv4 and IPv6.
Description-md5: b539c83ecb7c1908774c67d5389dc448
Task: standard