How To Install snetz on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snetz on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is snetz
snetz is:
Snetz is a small and simple live network bandwidth monitoring tool.
This tool get some values from the pseudo-file “/proc/net/dev” and and generate a report on the standard output.
There are three methods to install snetz on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install snetz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snetz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snetz
Install snetz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snetz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snetz
Install snetz 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install snetz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snetz
How To Uninstall snetz on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the snetz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snetz
Uninstall snetz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snetz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snetz
Remove snetz Configurations and Data
To remove snetz configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snetz
Remove snetz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snetz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snetz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snetz package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.