How To Install iptraf-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptraf-ng.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. iptraf-ng.x86_64 is A console-based network monitoring utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptraf-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is iptraf-ng.x86_64

IPTraf-ng is a console-based network monitoring utility. IPTraf gathers data like TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators, TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte counts. IPTraf-ng features include an IP traffic monitor which shows TCP flag information, packet and byte counts, ICMP details, OSPF packet types, and oversized IP packet warnings; interface statistics showing IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, non-IP and other IP packet counts, IP checksum errors, interface activity and packet size counts; a TCP and UDP service monitor showing counts of incoming and outgoing packets for common TCP and UDP application ports, a LAN statistics module that discovers active hosts and displays statistics about their activity; TCP, UDP and other protocol display filters so you can view just the traffic you want; logging; support for Ethernet, FDDI, ISDN, SLIP, PPP, and loopback interfaces; and utilization of the built-in raw socket interface of the Linux kernel, so it can be used on a wide variety of supported network cards.

We can use yum to install iptraf-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iptraf-ng.x86_64.

Install iptraf-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install iptraf-ng.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iptraf-ng.x86_64

How To Uninstall iptraf-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the iptraf-ng.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove iptraf-ng.x86_64

iptraf-ng.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/logrotate.d/iptraf-ng
/run/iptraf-ng
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/iptraf-ng.conf
/usr/sbin/iptraf-ng
/usr/sbin/rvnamed-ng
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/backop.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/cmdline.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/config.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/conventions.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/customports.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/detstats.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/exiting.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/filters.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gettingstarted.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl-1.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl-10.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl-11.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl-2.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl-3.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl-4.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl-5.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl-6.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl-7.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl-8.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl-9.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/gfdl.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/hostmon.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/ifaces.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/installation.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/instances.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-configmenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-dstat1.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-editfilter.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-filtermenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-gstat1.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-hw.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-hwsort.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-ipfltdlg.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-ipfltlist.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-ipfltmenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-ipfltnamedlg.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-iptm1.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-iptmsort.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-logprompt.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-mmenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-othipfltdefine.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-othipfltdlg.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-othipfltselect.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-pktsize.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-tcpflt-dlg2.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-tcpfltmenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-tcpudp.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-tcpudpsort.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/iptraf-timermenu.png
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/itrafmon.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/ln9.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/lowerwin.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/manual.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/menus.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/messages.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/morelanmoninfo.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/netstats.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/nonipfilters.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/preface.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/preparingtouse.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/rvnamedmessages.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/servmon.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/startstop.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/statbreakdowns.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/stylesheet-images
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/stylesheet-images/next.gif
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/stylesheet-images/note.gif
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/stylesheet-images/prev.gif
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/stylesheet-images/tip.gif
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/stylesheet-images/up.gif
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/timers.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/updates.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/upgrading.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/Documentation/x1077.html
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/README
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/README.contact
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/README.indent
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/README.interfaces
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/README.platforms
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/README.rvnamed
/usr/share/doc/iptraf-ng-1.1.4/RELEASE-NOTES
/usr/share/man/man8/iptraf-ng.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rvnamed-ng.8.gz
/var/lib/iptraf-ng
/var/log/iptraf-ng

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptraf-ng.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.