How to Install mtr on MXLinux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install mtr which is from https://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin the installation process, ensure that your system is up to date by running the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Installing mtr

MXLinux Latest comes with mtr already installed; however, we will provide instructions on how to install mtr from the website as requested in this tutorial.

Perform the following steps to install mtr:

1. Open a Terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
2. Run the following command to install the necessary dependencies:

sudo apt install build-essential automake autoconf libtool libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libssl-dev libgtk2.0-dev libpcap-dev

3. Download the mtr source code by running the following command:

wget https://github.com/traviscross/mtr/archive/master.zip

4. Extract the downloaded file using the command:

unzip master.zip

5. Change the directory to the extracted folder:

cd mtr-master/

6. Run the following command to compile mtr:

./autogen.sh && ./configure && make

7. After compilation completes, install the package using the command:

sudo make install

8. You should now have mtr installed on your system.

Verifying the Installation

To ensure that the installation was successful and that mtr is working correctly, run the following command:

mtr google.com

This command will start mtr and display the network statistics for the network path between your system and google.com.

Conclusion

By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you should now have successfully installed mtr from https://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ on MXLinux Latest. You can now use mtr to perform network diagnostics on your system.

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