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

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "ifstat" package

This is a short guide on how to install ifstat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ifstat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ifstat
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 77
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Goswin von Brederlow
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1-8build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libsnmp30 (>= 5.7.2~dfsg)
Filename: pool/universe/i/ifstat/ifstat_1.1-8build1_amd64.deb
Size: 23128
MD5sum: 21f52abb6b88fa9856a2f622fc1aa2eb
SHA1: d935f0e9e95cb08717fdf5fbbe6e72793f65d23e
SHA256: a50ba415e512d8c46ebc31140eebbdbd959750029c9dc83daf8d78393ebe32be
Description-en: InterFace STATistics Monitoring
ifstat is a tool to report network interfaces bandwidth just like
vmstat/iostat do for other system counters. It can monitor local
interfaces by polling the kernel counters, or remote hosts
interfaces using SNMP.
Description-md5: 51547744ce9c254f943908f6e2bf6b44
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu