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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "nicstat" package

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


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall nicstat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: nicstat
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 74
Maintainer: James Troup
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.95-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Filename: pool/universe/n/nicstat/nicstat_1.95-1_amd64.deb
Size: 16902
MD5sum: e6c2af2ba93e78b94fc8a6349fe951f8
SHA1: 1e05e58dc8f5f3a1275bece48aeec7d741fb9d60
SHA256: 7fd75bc589b8212ee46fc350dc5b4651cbef471230d4a55287d7a67b472d4bdc
Description-en: print network traffic statistics
nicstat is to network interfaces as iostat is to disks, or prstat
is to processes. It is designed as a much better version of "netstat
-i". Its differences include:
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- Reports bytes in & out as well as packets.
- Normalizes these values to per-second rates.
- Reports on all interfaces (while iterating)
- Reports Utilization (rough calculation as of now)
- Reports Saturation (also rough)
- Prefixes statistics with the current time
Description-md5: 2875227646d3c9458f7593d64f0fa743
Homepage: https://blogs.oracle.com/timc/entry/nicstat_the_solaris_and_linux
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu