How to Install and Uninstall iftop Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "iftop" package

This guide let you learn how to install iftop on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall iftop on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

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)
Size: 38544
SHA256: b45e7e9b9454130341e8d154c7447f8553107f00177e4fbf998c9280cd889517
SHA1: be98373ad005425d0903b850d74339fb7b2036bc
MD5sum: e43b15e86beadad715e8d116d387031a
Description: displays bandwidth usage information on an network interface
iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to
network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current bandwidth
usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for answering the question "Why is my Internet
link so slow?".
Description-md5:
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