How To Install cstream on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cstream
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cstream
cstream is:
cstream is a general-purpose stream-handling tool like UNIX’ dd, usually used in commandline-constructed pipes. It has a more traditional command line syntax, support for precise bandwidth limiting and reporting and support for FIFOs. Data limits and throughput rate calculation will work for files > 4 GB.
cstream reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output, if no filenames are given. It will also ‘generate’ or ‘sink’ data if desired.
There are three methods to install cstream
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cstream Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cstream
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cstream
Install cstream Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cstream
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cstream
Install cstream 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 cstream
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cstream
How To Uninstall cstream on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cstream
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cstream
Uninstall cstream And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cstream
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cstream
Remove cstream Configurations and Data
To remove cstream
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cstream
Remove cstream configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cstream
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cstream
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cstream
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.