How To Install nyx on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nyx on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nyx
nyx is:
The anonymizing relay monitor is a terminal status monitor for Tor relays, intended for command-line aficionados, ssh connections, and anyone stuck with a tty terminal. This works much like top does for system usage, providing real time statistics for:
- bandwidth, cpu, and memory usage
- relay’s current configuration
- logged events
- connection details (ip, hostname, fingerprint, and consensus data)
- etc.
nyx was previously named tor-arm (which is now a transitional package).
There are three methods to install nyx 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 nyx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nyx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nyx
Install nyx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nyx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nyx
Install nyx 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 nyx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nyx
How To Uninstall nyx on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nyx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nyx
Uninstall nyx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nyx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nyx
Remove nyx Configurations and Data
To remove nyx configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nyx
Remove nyx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nyx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nyx
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nyx package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
