How To Install iptotal on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptotal on Debian 11.
What is iptotal
iptotal is:
iptotal is yet another IP traffic monitor. It listens to a network interface in non-promiscuous mode, and measures IP bandwidth usage. After the specified number of seconds, the average throughput is printed at total, input and output usage.
The utility can be used to measure bandwidth usage without the need for an SNMP daemon. In combination with a simple script and rrdtool it can be used to present the measured data in graphical format e.g. through a web interface. The package contains www + CGI sample files.
There are three methods to install iptotal on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iptotal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iptotal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iptotal
Install iptotal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iptotal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iptotal
Install iptotal 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 iptotal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iptotal
How To Uninstall iptotal on Debian 11
To uninstall only the iptotal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iptotal
Uninstall iptotal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iptotal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iptotal
Remove iptotal Configurations and Data
To remove iptotal configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iptotal
Remove iptotal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iptotal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iptotal
Dependencies
iptotal have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptotal package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.