How to Install and Uninstall mgen Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "mgen" package

Please follow the steps below to install mgen on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mgen
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mgen" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall mgen on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mgen
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mgen package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mgen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.02.b+dfsg1-2.2build2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Raoul Gunnar Borenius
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 297
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5)
Suggests: mgen-doc
Filename: pool/universe/m/mgen/mgen_5.02.b+dfsg1-2.2build2_amd64.deb
Size: 101672
MD5sum: 2884e8bca143c77349364d6f07f1bddb
SHA1: e202895f8b97c81d80a8b61091377139d8ee76b5
SHA256: 2c59ac28874d17c22796f20fdfec37c10d74dc9d34604bd4cb19a753040c0b2e
SHA512: 5f546ee0299b1aea64c8bd45907159e5b55aad1b0a90d980dde342012a4057f0e272471a0382c21b5890a487eeedc56180306a755c744b5db96d642c415cea08
Homepage: http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/work/mgen/
Description-en: packet generator for IP network performance tests
MGEN provides the ability to perform IP network performance tests
and measurements using TCP and UDP/IP traffic. Test messages
can be generated, received and logged. MGEN offers control over
all network parameters and timing of these messages. All this can be
done either via the command line or defined in a file format for
greater reproducibility.
Description-md5: 4be1ed8c48694c25c164f8a53cd09595