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improve build instruction and introduction
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Arnout Engelen
2016-03-01 00:05:33 +01:00
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Introduction Introduction
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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. If there's suddenly a lot of network traffic, you can fire up NetHogs and immediately see which PID is causing this. This makes it easy to indentify programs that have gone wild and are suddenly taking up your bandwidth. 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. If there's suddenly a lot of network traffic, you can fire up NetHogs and immediately see which PID is causing this. This makes it easy to indentify programs that have gone wild and are suddenly taking up your bandwidth.
Since NetHogs heavily relies on `/proc`, some functionalities are only available on Linux.
Since NetHogs heavily relies on /proc, some functionalities are only available on Linux.
NetHogs can be built on Mac OS X, but it will only show connections, not processes. NetHogs can be built on Mac OS X, but it will only show connections, not processes.
Status Status
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Nethogs is a mature piece of software included in most Linux distributions. Nethogs is a mature piece of software included in most Linux distributions.
Ideas for features, as well as open bugs, can be found at https://github.com/raboof/nethogs/issues Ideas for features, as well as [open bugs](https://github.com/raboof/nethogs/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue), can be found on [issues' label:enhancement](https://github.com/raboof/nethogs/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aenhancement).
### Building from source ### Building from source
Nethogs depends on ncurses, so you need to install the ncurses development Nethogs depends on `ncurses` for the text-based interface and `libpcap` for user-level packet capture. So you need to install both **development libraries** before building nethogs.
libraries before building nethogs. For example on Debian, 'apt-get install
libncurses5-dev'.
After that, simply 'make && sudo make install' #### Debian/Ubuntu
apt-get install libncurses5-dev libpcap-dev
After that, simply
make && sudo make install
Coding standards Coding standards
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