How to run the traceroute command in linux?
My GCSE coursework in linux is asking me to do this:
Whenever I attempt it it says this:
So do I just need to install the packages and it will work?
The default command for this purpose in Ubuntu is tracepath
.
However you can install traceroute
too by running
sudo apt install traceroute
as you can see in the error message.
Install traceroute
by using the following command :
sudo apt-get install inetutils-traceroute
However you can use the default command in linux which is tracepath
, but it is not as flexible as traceroute
. In traceroute
we can choose between TCP, UDP, ICMP data formats and gives us ability to change some options. Thus it requires root privileges.