How to Install and Uninstall iftop Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "iftop" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install iftop on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall iftop on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: iftop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0~pre4-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Markus Koschany
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 89
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libncurses5 (>= 6), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/i/iftop/iftop_1.0~pre4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 35988
MD5sum: ead586fba4fc45918238cfe8f76115ba
SHA1: 352e85fbc16350ab41a8e1ec1c8f7ae4faddf072
SHA256: a509db288bd71dfb79ad7e9af7c93691a6cb598cbef29f1a6ef89ec2fd3ba102
Homepage: http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/iftop/
Description: displays bandwidth usage information on an network interface
Description-md5: f7e93593aba6acc7b5a331b49f97466f