Utilities installation and management
cURL
cURL is a command-line RESTful access utility. The following table lists useful installation and management commands.
Table 1. cURL commands
| Command
|
Description
|
| sudo apt-get update
|
Updates any dependency packages
|
| sudo apt-get install curl
|
Installs the latest cURL package, or specifies a previous version number
|
| sudo apt-get upgrade curl
|
Upgrades to the latest cURL package
|
Google-chrome
Google-chrome is a graphical user interface RESTful access utility. The following table lists useful installation and management commands
Table 2. Google-chrome commands
| Command
|
Description
|
| sudo apt-get update
|
Updates any dependency packages
|
| sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
|
Installs the latest Google-chrome package, or specifies a previous version number
|
| sudo apt-get upgrade google-chrome-stable
|
Upgrades to the latest Google-chrome package
|
ifconfig and route
The
Ifconfig and
route utility commands are available by default in the Ubuntu/Debian package, and can be used without any additional package installation. The following table lists useful command options.
Table 3. ifconfig and route command options
| Command
|
Description
|
| ifconfig eth0
Net-IP-Addr
netmask
<Net-IP-Addr-Mask>
|
Checks interface status and statistics
|
| route add -net
Net-IP-Addr
netmask
Net-IP-Addr-Mask
gw Gw-IP
|
Adds a route
|
| route add default gw
GW-IP
|
Adds a default gateway
|
Ethtool
The Ethtool utility is used to get device information. The following table lists useful command options.
Table 4. Ethtool commands
| Command
|
Description
|
| sudo apt-get update
|
Updates any dependency packages
|
| sudo apt-get install ethtool
|
Installs the latest Ethtool package, or specifies a previous version number
|
| sudo apt-get upgrade ethtool
|
Upgrades to the latest Ethtool package
|
Tcpdump
Tcpdump is a command line utility that is used for packet capture by means of libpcap. The following table lists useful command options.
Table 5. Tcpdump commands
| Command
|
Description
|
| sudo apt-get update
|
Updates any dependency packages
|
| sudo apt-get install tcpdump
|
Installs the latest Tcpdump package, or specifies a previous version number
|
| sudo apt-get upgrade tcpdump
|
Upgrades to the latest Tcpdump package
|
Tshark
Tshark is a command line utility from the Wireshark community that is used for packet capture by means of libpcap. The following table lists useful command options.
Table 6. Tshark commands
| Command
|
Description
|
| sudo apt-get update
|
Updates any dependency packages
|
| sudo apt-get install tshark
|
Installs the latest Tshark package, or specifies a previous version number
|
| sudo apt-get upgrade tshark
|
Upgrades to the latest Tshark package
|
Wireshark
Wireshark is a GUI-based packet capture utility that is used for packet capture by means of libpcap. The following table lists useful command options.
Table 7. Wireshark commands
| Command
|
Description
|
| sudo apt-get update
|
Updates any dependency packages
|
| sudo apt-get install wireshark
|
Installs the latest Wireshark package, or specifies a previous version number
|
| sudo apt-get upgrade wireshark
|
Upgrades to the latest Wireshark package
|
