How to Install and Uninstall capstats Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "capstats" package

This tutorial shows how to install capstats on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall capstats on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                capstats
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the capstats package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: capstats
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 63
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Raúl Benencia
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.22-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Filename: pool/universe/c/capstats/capstats_0.22-1_amd64.deb
Size: 11976
MD5sum: 753d4750b3178c3296b96741356a194d
SHA1: 0310db81bb4d06fad2befcc77c647a6a43ab6a33
SHA256: 1a983c8a98b648cc0e988230931fc201750b1fe5668fc24e7251c9ca01454979
Description-en: command-line tool for collecting network interface statistics
capstats is a small tool for collecting statistics on the current load of
a network interface, using either libpcap or the native interface for
Endace’s. It reports statistics per time interval and/or for the tool’s
total run-time.
Description-md5: abe7fcfcd8198f0d40721432dcd0894a
Homepage: https://www.bro.org/sphinx/components/capstats/README.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu