How To Install iftop on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iftop on Debian 11.
What is iftop
iftop is:
iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for answering the question “Why is my Internet link so slow?”.
There are three methods to install iftop on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iftop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iftop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iftop
Install iftop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iftop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iftop
Install iftop 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 iftop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iftop
How To Uninstall iftop on Debian 11
To uninstall only the iftop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iftop
Uninstall iftop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iftop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iftop
Remove iftop Configurations and Data
To remove iftop configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iftop
Remove iftop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iftop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iftop
Dependencies
iftop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iftop package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
