How to Install and Uninstall bwm-ng Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the bwm-ng on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bwm-ng" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install bwm-ng on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bwm-ng
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bwm-ng" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall bwm-ng on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bwm-ng package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bwm-ng
Source: bwm-ng (0.6.3-2)
Version: 0.6.3-2+b1
Installed-Size: 95
Maintainer: Samuel Henrique
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: small and simple console-based bandwidth monitor
Description-md5: 845b926e32c8fb2f9e96c0fdff1afc5f
Homepage: https://www.gropp.org/?id=projects&sub=bwm-ng
Tag: admin::monitoring, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode,
role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::monitor,
works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bwm-ng/bwm-ng_0.6.3-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 39760
MD5sum: 22d91a5b6240e7c297ca1e6475e142a4
SHA256: 7715f7e9b4f5b697764327b7d5ce679183b92d24c563cff5bbe649bfb69d2087