How to Install and Uninstall nethogs Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "nethogs" package

Please follow the steps below to install nethogs on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall nethogs on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nethogs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nethogs package on Kali Linux

Package: nethogs
Version: 0.8.7-2
Installed-Size: 100
Maintainer: Paulo Roberto Alves de Oliveira (aka kretcheu)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libncurses6 (>= 6), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Size: 35792
SHA256: 9cc3eb1de315f17fbec152485e841d925e6b0791075d5168e611b2894d68a6d0
SHA1: 056260da892de3bd5d155d9adfb560b971e7eb74
MD5sum: 37e9cce5f0849baed43cdb5b2db269e4
Description: Net top tool grouping bandwidth per process
NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per
protocol or per subnet, like most tools do, it groups bandwidth by process.
NetHogs does not rely on a special kernel module to be loaded.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/raboof/nethogs
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c++, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::monitor, works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nethogs/nethogs_0.8.7-2_amd64.deb