How to Install and Uninstall vnstat Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "vnstat" package

This guide let you learn how to install vnstat on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall vnstat on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                vnstat
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vnstat package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: vnstat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Göttsche
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 267
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: adduser, lsb-base, libc6 (>= 2.29), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.6.1)
Suggests: vnstati
Filename: pool/universe/v/vnstat/vnstat_2.6-3_amd64.deb
Size: 86640
MD5sum: cad921f5f5ab1de662e9db4b27be9793
SHA1: 6b5539bbfe3b23fa795a52733d48ffc873cac7b2
SHA256: c98653d5a04a2d1a37b8fe01525650597a3e0d1089d05f284eb4a2db8a2ade9e
SHA512: 6ce8a85c75a23bde1a080ee361e220ea41b8debb752a303294f88075d85214b31a15e63fb7ec31602e4780bfc0e9dd919cf6a9ccfa402ee737a36f3681297b24
Homepage: https://humdi.net/vnstat/
Description-en: console-based network traffic monitor
vnStat is a network traffic monitor for Linux. It keeps a log of
daily network traffic for the selected interface(s). vnStat is not
a packet sniffer. The traffic information is analyzed from the /proc
filesystem, so vnStat can be used without root permissions.
Description-md5: 08af52ede864e5ad37a762d616520683