How To Install ethstatus on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ethstatus

ethstatus is:

Ethstatus is a console-based monitoring utility for displaying statistical data of the ethernet interface on a quantity basis. It is similar to iptraf but is meant to run as a permanent console task to monitor the network load.

There are three methods to install ethstatus 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 ethstatus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ethstatus

Install ethstatus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ethstatus

Install ethstatus 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 ethstatus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ethstatus

How To Uninstall ethstatus on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ethstatus

Uninstall ethstatus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ethstatus

Remove ethstatus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ethstatus

Remove ethstatus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ethstatus

Dependencies

ethstatus have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• ethstatus website

Summary

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