How To Install bwm-ng on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bwm-ng on AlmaLinux 8.
What is bwm-ng
A small and simple console-based live network and disk io bandwidth monitor. Features - Supports /proc/net/dev, netstat, getifaddr, sysctl, kstat, /proc/diskstats /proc/partitions, IOKit, devstat and libstatgrab - Unlimited number of interfaces/devices supported - Interfaces/devices are added or removed dynamically from list - White-/blacklist of interfaces/devices - Output of KB/s, Kb/s, packets, errors, average, max and total sum - Output in curses, plain console, CSV or HTML - Configfile
We can use yum or dnf to install bwm-ng on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bwm-ng.
Install bwm-ng on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bwm-ng using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bwm-ng
Install bwm-ng on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bwm-ng using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bwm-ng
How To Uninstall bwm-ng on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the bwm-ng package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bwm-ng
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bwm-ng on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.