How to Install and Uninstall iftop Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "iftop" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install iftop on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iftop
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "iftop" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall iftop on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iftop
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the iftop package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: iftop
Version: 1.0~pre4-6
Installed-Size: 97
Maintainer: Markus Koschany
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libncurses6 (>= 6), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: displays bandwidth usage information on an network interface
Description-md5: f7e93593aba6acc7b5a331b49f97466f
Homepage: http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/iftop/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode,
role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::monitor,
works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/iftop/iftop_1.0~pre4-6_amd64.deb
Size: 42072
MD5sum: 068b823bfcd4c2e72ec5ebe3ca80318e
SHA256: b752b2cd5c10d42980ff64e541943686866357dd137aaaf81f1d726326430182