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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "nethogs" package

Please follow the guidance below to install nethogs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall nethogs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: nethogs
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 71
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bart Martens
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.1-0.3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libncurses5 (>= 6), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/n/nethogs/nethogs_0.8.1-0.3_amd64.deb
Size: 25898
MD5sum: 0d005669789055d1d5fd547a78df99bb
SHA1: 199e4ec892b7eeea9990354cd92f237f62565c28
SHA256: 5729d2096744b8454bb6ac6e7015b3e52c03d315cfe584e6e7d3974e4ba706ec
Description-en: Net top tool grouping bandwidth per process
NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per
protocol or per subnet, like most tools do, it groups bandwidth by process.
NetHogs does not rely on a special kernel module to be loaded.
Description-md5: 04c153c901ad7ca75e53e2ae32565ccd
Homepage: http://nethogs.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu