How To Install usbtop on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbtop on Debian 10.
What is usbtop
usbtop is:
Top-like utility that shows an estimated instantaneous bandwidth on USB buses and devices.
There are three methods to install usbtop 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 usbtop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usbtop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usbtop
Install usbtop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usbtop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usbtop
Install usbtop 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 usbtop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usbtop
How To Uninstall usbtop on Debian 10
To uninstall only the usbtop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usbtop
Uninstall usbtop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usbtop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbtop
Remove usbtop Configurations and Data
To remove usbtop configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usbtop
Remove usbtop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usbtop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbtop
Dependencies
usbtop have the following dependencies:
- libboost-atomic1.67.0
- libboost-chrono1.67.0
- libboost-date-time1.67.0
- libboost-system1.67.0
- libboost-thread1.67.0
- libc6
- libgcc1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbtop package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.