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Jeremy
Asked: 2010-11-29 19:39:46 +0800 CST

Graphical Traceroute with Map from Repository

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It seems like xt (xtraceroute) has been dropped from the repository, does anyone know of another graphical traceroute program in the main repos which draws maps? If not, then a loose deb package will do, or a PPA.

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3 Answers

  1. Package/binary mtr does what you need. By default (I think), Ubuntu has mtr-tiny installed.

    It should start with a GTK window, but you can always invoke it with mtr --gtk or mtr -- curses to specify what you want.

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  2. Best Answer

    Try Open Visual Traceroute. Available on Sourceforge. It uses Java and works well in Ubuntu 12.04 and 13.04.

    1. Install Oracle Java 7 JRE

    • Open Visual Traceroute requires Oracle Java 6 JRE or newer to be installed.
    • The easiest way I have found is to install Java on Ubuntu is via the Web Upd8 PPA .
    • First add the PPA. Open a Terminal Window and enter :
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
    • A good idea to minimise any Java conflicts is to remove OpenJDK.  open a Terminal Window and enter :
    sudo apt-get remove --purge openjdk*
    • To install Oracle Java 7 version and make sure gksu is installed (removed from Ubuntu 13.04) open a Terminal Window and enter :
    sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer gksu
    • Tip: Top check the Java version installed on your system open a terminal and enter :
    java -version

    2. Download and install Open Visual Traceroute

    • Open the Terminal window and enter :
    mkdir /tmp/OpenVisualTraceRoute
cd /tmp/OpenVisualTraceRoute
    • Then for 32bit and 64bit systems download and install the latest version with :
    wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/openvisualtrace/files/latest/download
sudo unzip download -d /opt/
    • Extract the application icon to be used for the launcher and set permissions with :
    cd /opt/OpenVisualTraceRoute*
sudo unzip -j org.leo.traceroute.jar */internet.png
sudo chmod +x startLinux.sh

    3. Create an Open Visual Traceroute launcher

    • To create a Ubuntu Unity Desktop Launcher, create a desktop launcher file with :
    sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/open-visual-traceroute.desktop
    • Then add the following information and save :
    [Desktop Entry]
Name=Open Visual Traceroute
Version=1.3.1
GenericName=Open Visual Traceroute
X-GNOME-FullName=Open Visual Traceroute
Comment=Open Visual Traceroute
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Utility;
Exec=gksudo /bin/sh startLinux.sh
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
TargetEnvironment=Unity
    • Then add the path to the latest version and icon in the launcher with:
    cd /opt/OpenVisualTraceRoute*
sudo su
echo "Path=$(eval pwd)" >> /usr/share/applications/open-visual-traceroute.desktop
echo "Icon=$(eval pwd)/internet.png" >> /usr/share/applications/open-visual-traceroute.desktop
exit
    • You will then be able to search for Open Visual Traceroute in your unity dash and launch the application.

    Original install guide can be found here : http://www.thefanclub.co.za/how-to/how-install-open-visual-traceroute-ubuntu

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  3. Sometimes, it may require you have whois package installed:

    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ovtr:

ovtr depends on whois; however:  Package whois is not installed.

    Then we would just execute:

    sudo apt-get install whois

The following NEW packages will be installed: whois

0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.

After this operation, 164 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main whois amd64 5.1.1 [30,2 kB]
Fetched 30,2 kB in 0s (39,8 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package whois.
(Reading database ... 355631 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../archives/whois_5.1.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking whois (5.1.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up whois (5.1.1) ...
Setting up ovtr (1.6.3-1) ...
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