How To Install pipemeter on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pipemeter on Debian 10.
What is pipemeter
pipemeter is:
pipemeter can be inserted in a shell command between two programs passing data via pipe, or between a file and a program reading from stdin, and show the speed and amount of data that has passed through. If reading from a regular file, or passed a size, a progress meter is also shown.
Command line switches allow tuning of block size and display interval. Size parameters have support for dd style block size specification.
Pipemeter is intended to be very lightweight, with no dependencies.
There are three methods to install pipemeter on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pipemeter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pipemeter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pipemeter
Install pipemeter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pipemeter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pipemeter
Install pipemeter 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 pipemeter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pipemeter
How To Uninstall pipemeter on Debian 10
To uninstall only the pipemeter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pipemeter
Uninstall pipemeter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pipemeter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pipemeter
Remove pipemeter Configurations and Data
To remove pipemeter configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pipemeter
Remove pipemeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pipemeter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pipemeter
Dependencies
pipemeter have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pipemeter package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.