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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "speedometer" package

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


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall speedometer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: speedometer
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 74
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jari Aalto
Architecture: all
Version: 2.8-1
Depends: python (>= 2.3), python-urwid (>= 0.9.9.1)
Filename: pool/universe/s/speedometer/speedometer_2.8-1_all.deb
Size: 15436
MD5sum: 3790551e42f91374ea6761828641ea40
SHA1: 836e97abb8c684a22a414824d06e2ef7b96b1443
SHA256: a25e7feb4454c2f62865e84593455bad79397efd4afa276f24fed1368a4225d5
Description-en: measure and display the rate of data across a network connection
Monitor network traffic or speed/progress of a file transfer. The
program can be used for cases like:
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- how long it will take for 38 MiB transfer to finish
- how quickly is another transfer going
- how fast is the upstream on this ADSL line
- how fast is data written to a filesystem.
Description-md5: 2d551d2ec4e09be7b0da8280cdd46438
Homepage: http://excess.org/speedometer
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu