How To Install tcpstat on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpstat on Debian 9.
What is tcpstat
tcpstat is:
tcpstat reports certain network interface statistics much like vmstat does for system statistics. tcpstat gets its information by either monitoring a specific interface, or by reading previously saved tcpdump data from a file.
There are three methods to install tcpstat 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 tcpstat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcpstat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcpstat
Install tcpstat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcpstat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcpstat
Install tcpstat 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 tcpstat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcpstat
How To Uninstall tcpstat on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tcpstat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcpstat
Uninstall tcpstat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcpstat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcpstat
Remove tcpstat Configurations and Data
To remove tcpstat configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcpstat
Remove tcpstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcpstat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcpstat
Dependencies
tcpstat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpstat package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
