Discovering the network packet paths or troubleshooting the connectivity issues can be easily achieved with traceroute. Today’s aim is to install traceroute on Alpine Linux.
Prerequisites
- Alpine Linux
- sudo privileges
Install Traceroute on Alpine Linux
Step 1. Update apk packages.
sudo apk update
Step 2. Install traceroute.
sudo apk add traceroute
Step 3. Verify the installation.
traceroute --version
Output:
Modern traceroute for Linux, version 2.1.0
Step 4. Try to see the way of reaching google.com.
traceroute google.com
Conclusion
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