How To Install wmnet on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmnet on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wmnet
wmnet is:
This little program polls network statistics and does a few things with the data it gets. The speedometer keeps track of the current speed per second and shows it in a color corresponding to which of rx or tx that has the highest speed at the moment.
There are three methods to install wmnet on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wmnet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmnet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmnet
Install wmnet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmnet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmnet
Install wmnet 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install wmnet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmnet
How To Uninstall wmnet on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wmnet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmnet
Uninstall wmnet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmnet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmnet
Remove wmnet Configurations and Data
To remove wmnet configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmnet
Remove wmnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmnet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmnet
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmnet package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
