How to Install iftop software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install iftop software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

iftop software package provides displays bandwidth usage information on an network interface, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install iftop 

iftop is installed in your system.

Make ensure the iftop package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep iftop *

You will get with iftop package name, version, architecture and description in a table

iftop package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Network
Package iftop
Version 1.0~pre4-3
Description displays bandwidth usage information on an network interface
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove iftop software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?