How To Install nload on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nload on CentOS 8.
What is nload
nload is a console application which monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time. It visualizes the in and outgoing traffic using two graphs and provides additional info like total amount of transfered data and min/max network usage.
We can use yum or dnf to install nload on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nload.
Install nload on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nload using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nload
Install nload on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nload using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nload
How To Uninstall nload on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the nload package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nload
nload Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/nload
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/55b07f723c03e39d8a980c9eb06b7a68dacc1a
/usr/share/doc/nload
/usr/share/doc/nload/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nload/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/nload/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/nload/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/nload/README
/usr/share/man/man1/nload.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nload on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.