How To Install nethogs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nethogs on Debian 9.
What is nethogs
nethogs is:
NetHogs is a small ’net top’ tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per protocol or per subnet, like most tools do, it groups bandwidth by process. NetHogs does not rely on a special kernel module to be loaded.
There are three methods to install nethogs 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 nethogs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nethogs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nethogs
Install nethogs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nethogs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nethogs
Install nethogs 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 nethogs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nethogs
How To Uninstall nethogs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nethogs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nethogs
Uninstall nethogs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nethogs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nethogs
Remove nethogs Configurations and Data
To remove nethogs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nethogs
Remove nethogs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nethogs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nethogs
Dependencies
nethogs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nethogs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.