How To Install jnettop on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install jnettop on Kali Linux. jnettop is View hosts/ports taking up the most network traffic

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jnettop on Kali Linux.

What is jnettop

jnettop is:

jNettop captures traffic coming across the host it is running on and displays streams sorted by bandwidth they use. Result is a nice listing of communication on network by host and port, how many bytes went through this transport and the bandwidth it is consuming.

There are three methods to install jnettop on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install jnettop Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install jnettop using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install jnettop

Install jnettop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install jnettop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install jnettop

Install jnettop Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install jnettop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jnettop

How To Uninstall jnettop on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the jnettop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove jnettop

Uninstall jnettop And Its Dependencies

To uninstall jnettop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jnettop

Remove jnettop Configurations and Data

To remove jnettop configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge jnettop

Remove jnettop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove jnettop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jnettop

Dependencies

jnettop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jnettop package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.