How To Install bwm-ng on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bwm-ng on Kali Linux. bwm-ng is small and simple console-based bandwidth monitor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bwm-ng on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 bwm-ng using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bwm-ng

How To Uninstall bwm-ng on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.