How To Install ifstat on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifstat
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ifstat
ifstat is:
ifstat is a tool to report network interfaces bandwidth just like vmstat/iostat do for other system counters. It can monitor local interfaces by polling the kernel counters, or remote hosts interfaces using SNMP.
There are three methods to install ifstat
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 ifstat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ifstat
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ifstat
Install ifstat Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ifstat
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ifstat
Install ifstat 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 ifstat
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ifstat
How To Uninstall ifstat on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ifstat
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ifstat
Uninstall ifstat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ifstat
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ifstat
Remove ifstat Configurations and Data
To remove ifstat
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ifstat
Remove ifstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ifstat
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ifstat
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifstat
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.