How To Install ethstatus on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ethstatus on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ethstatus
ethstatus is:
Ethstatus is a console-based monitoring utility for displaying statistical data of the ethernet interface on a quantity basis. It is similar to iptraf but is meant to run as a permanent console task to monitor the network load.
There are three methods to install ethstatus 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 ethstatus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ethstatus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ethstatus
Install ethstatus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ethstatus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ethstatus
Install ethstatus 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 ethstatus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ethstatus
How To Uninstall ethstatus on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ethstatus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ethstatus
Uninstall ethstatus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ethstatus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ethstatus
Remove ethstatus Configurations and Data
To remove ethstatus configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ethstatus
Remove ethstatus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ethstatus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ethstatus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ethstatus package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
