How to Install and Uninstall bwm-ng Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "bwm-ng" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bwm-ng on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall bwm-ng on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bwm-ng
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bwm-ng package on Kali Linux

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)
Size: 39760
SHA256: 7715f7e9b4f5b697764327b7d5ce679183b92d24c563cff5bbe649bfb69d2087
SHA1: 3d3e1e0c416e109542a958ced64fd15ba85e1b77
MD5sum: 22d91a5b6240e7c297ca1e6475e142a4
Description: small and simple console-based bandwidth monitor
Bandwidth Monitor NG is a small and simple console-based live bandwidth
monitor.
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Short list of features:
* supports /proc/net/dev, netstat, getifaddr, sysctl, kstat and libstatgrab
* unlimited number of interfaces supported
* interfaces are added or removed dynamically from list
* white-/blacklist of interfaces
* output of KB/s, Kb/s, packets, errors, average, max and total sum
* output in curses, plain console, CSV or HTML
* configfile
Description-md5:
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