How To Install ethstats on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ethstats
on Kali Linux.
What is ethstats
ethstats is:
ethstats works by parsing the /proc/net/dev file that the Linux kernel maintains, and thus utilizes a negligible amount of CPU time. ethstats shows the throughput of each device in both megabits per second and packets per second.
There are three methods to install ethstats
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ethstats Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ethstats
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ethstats
Install ethstats Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ethstats
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ethstats
Install ethstats Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ethstats
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ethstats
How To Uninstall ethstats on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ethstats
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ethstats
Uninstall ethstats And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ethstats
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ethstats
Remove ethstats Configurations and Data
To remove ethstats
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ethstats
Remove ethstats configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ethstats
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ethstats
Dependencies
ethstats have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ethstats
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.