How To Install netspeed on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netspeed on Debian 9.
What is netspeed
netspeed is:
Netspeed is an applet for the GNOME panel that shows how much traffic occurs on a network device (ethernet card, wireless LAN card, or dial-up).
Netspeed is now included in gnome-applets. This package is no longer needed and can be safely removed after upgrade.
There are three methods to install netspeed on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install netspeed Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netspeed using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netspeed
Install netspeed Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netspeed using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netspeed
Install netspeed Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install netspeed using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netspeed
How To Uninstall netspeed on Debian 9
To uninstall only the netspeed package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netspeed
Uninstall netspeed And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netspeed and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netspeed
Remove netspeed Configurations and Data
To remove netspeed configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netspeed
Remove netspeed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netspeed configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netspeed
Dependencies
netspeed have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netspeed package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
