How To Install bwm-ng on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bwm-ng on Debian 9.
What is bwm-ng
bwm-ng is:
Bandwidth Monitor NG is a small and simple console-based live bandwidth monitor.
Short list of features:
- supports /proc/net/dev, netstat, getifaddr, sysctl, kstat and libstatgrab
- unlimited number of interfaces supported
- interfaces are added or removed dynamically from list
- white-/blacklist of interfaces
- output of KB/s, Kb/s, packets, errors, average, max and total sum
- output in curses, plain console, CSV or HTML
- configfile
There are three methods to install bwm-ng 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 bwm-ng Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bwm-ng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bwm-ng
Install bwm-ng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bwm-ng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bwm-ng
Install bwm-ng 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 bwm-ng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bwm-ng
How To Uninstall bwm-ng on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bwm-ng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bwm-ng
Uninstall bwm-ng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bwm-ng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bwm-ng
Remove bwm-ng Configurations and Data
To remove bwm-ng configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bwm-ng
Remove bwm-ng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bwm-ng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bwm-ng
Dependencies
bwm-ng have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bwm-ng package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.