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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

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1. Install "irqtop" package

Learn how to install irqtop on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall irqtop on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: irqtop
Source: iptables-netflow
Version: 2.6-4
Installed-Size: 32
Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Architecture: all
Depends: ruby, ruby-curses
Recommends: ethtool
Enhances: iptables-netflow-dkms
Description: Observe IRQ and SoftIRQ in a top-like fashion
Description-md5: de6c5b874adeffd6ac5480c952fa4b42
Homepage: https://github.com/aabc/ipt-netflow
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/iptables-netflow/irqtop_2.6-4_all.deb
Size: 11320
MD5sum: 25e888e1fe6ca5cbd8639d11ede16c8d
SHA256: dde8eea70030f0437a29e976c625e757ed8c3205afc582740eceb3191b0198ef