How To Install bandwidthd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bandwidthd on Kali Linux. bandwidthd is Tracks usage of TCP/IP and builds html files with graphs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bandwidthd on Kali Linux.

What is bandwidthd

bandwidthd is:

BandwidthD tracks usage of TCP/IP network subnets and builds html files with graphs to display utilization. Charts are built by individual IPs. Color Codes HTTP, TCP,UDP, ICMP, VPN, P2P, etc.

This is the static version, see bandwidthd-pgsql for multi sensor/php frontend bandwidthd.

There are three methods to install bandwidthd on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bandwidthd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bandwidthd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bandwidthd

Install bandwidthd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bandwidthd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bandwidthd

Install bandwidthd Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install bandwidthd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bandwidthd

How To Uninstall bandwidthd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bandwidthd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bandwidthd

Uninstall bandwidthd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bandwidthd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bandwidthd

Remove bandwidthd Configurations and Data

To remove bandwidthd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bandwidthd

Remove bandwidthd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bandwidthd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bandwidthd

Dependencies

bandwidthd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bandwidthd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.