How To Install cbm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cbm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cbm
cbm is:
The Color Bandwidth Meter displays the current traffic on all network devices in a simple, curses-based GUI. The traffic for all interfaces include values: receive, transfer and total Bytes/s.
There are three methods to install cbm on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cbm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cbm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cbm
Install cbm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cbm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cbm
Install cbm 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cbm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cbm
How To Uninstall cbm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cbm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cbm
Uninstall cbm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cbm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cbm
Remove cbm Configurations and Data
To remove cbm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cbm
Remove cbm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cbm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cbm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cbm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
