How to Install and Uninstall iftop Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 10,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "iftop" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install iftop on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iftop
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "iftop" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall iftop on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: iftop
Version: 1.0~pre4-9
Installed-Size: 93
Maintainer: Markus Koschany
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), 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~pre4-9_amd64.deb
Size: 38544
MD5sum: e43b15e86beadad715e8d116d387031a
SHA256: b45e7e9b9454130341e8d154c7447f8553107f00177e4fbf998c9280cd889517