How To Install iptraf on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptraf on Debian 9. iptraf is transitional package to iptraf-ng

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptraf on Debian 9.

What is iptraf

iptraf is:

IPTraf-ng is an ncurses-based IP LAN monitor that generates various network statistics including TCP info, UDP counts, ICMP and OSPF information, Ethernet load info, node stats, IP checksum errors, and others.

IPTraf-ng is the next generation of IPTraf started as a fork of original iptraf-3.0.0.

This is a transitional dummy package to help iptraf users to upgrade to iptraf-ng, you may remove it safely.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install iptraf

Install iptraf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install iptraf

Install iptraf 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 iptraf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iptraf

How To Uninstall iptraf on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove iptraf

Uninstall iptraf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall iptraf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iptraf

Remove iptraf Configurations and Data

To remove iptraf configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge iptraf

Remove iptraf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iptraf

Dependencies

iptraf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptraf package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.