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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "ethstats" package

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


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

Learn how to uninstall ethstats on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ethstats
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 19
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Peter Pentchev
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1.1-1
Depends: perl
Filename: pool/universe/e/ethstats/ethstats_1.1.1-1_all.deb
Size: 6448
MD5sum: f2072f3c9a8b2aa8fedca272f06173f3
SHA1: 0c21071067b7d8c249fb5da902da2fc1c0aa4f49
SHA256: ab4ff41b7a0058e8f0024833935441619e29fb291d8ebaf25de84a406e4379d5
Description-en: script that quickly measures network device throughput
ethstats works by parsing the /proc/net/dev file that the Linux kernel
maintains, and thus utilizes a negligible amount of CPU time. ethstats
shows the throughput of each device in both megabits per second and
packets per second.
Description-md5: 6575d18aeacfcf95fc7b71b3398a9129
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://devel.ringlet.net/net/ethstats/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu