Data usage meter

http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/monitor-network-usage-with-download.html

Part of the problem is that monitoring data usage may not be that easy unless you only have one computer because any software would only see the data it used. I have several computers, smart phones, game consoles etc.

However there are a number of programs already in the software centre ntop for example.

but see here
http://askubuntu.com/questions/103634/any-good-application-for-data-usage-monitor
or here
http://www.iloveubuntu.net/easily-monitor-your-data-download-monitor-ubuntu-software-center

Hi Mark

Thank you for your kind advice. The output for the command sudo add-apt-repository ppa:duncanjdavis/download-monitor-submit was "Cannot access PPA (https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~duncanjdavis/+archive/download-monitor-submit) to get PPA information, please check your internet connection."
I would be most grateful if you would kindly help and advise further, if possible
Thanks again.

Yes, sorry, that PPA seems to be dead. The commands do not work anymore on my PC as well.

I suggest following Warren's instructions instead.

Hi Warren

I have downloaded ntm - 1.3.1.tar.gz from http://askubuntu.com/questions/103634/any-good-application-for-data-usage-monitor. Kindly advise how this is to be installed, if possible.
Thank you for looking into my query. Kind regards

There is a deb file here
http://sourceforge.net/projects/netramon/files/latest/download
on this webpage
http://sourceforge.net/projects/netramon/

It's always easier to install from the deb file as its packaged for debian and ubuntu already

To install it either double click on the download and select install

or in a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) navigate to the folder where you have the download and enter

----------------------------------------------
sudo dpkg -i ntm-1.3.1.deb
-----------------------------------------------

Thanks for looking into my request with this. The ntm-1.3.1.deb file did not download Both links lead to ntm - 1.3.1.tar.gz files instead. Kindly advise further, if possible.
Your kind help is most appreciated. Thank you.

use this ling for the .deb file http://sourceforge.net/projects/netramon/files/NTM/ntm-1.x/ntm-1.3.1.deb/download

The .deb file downloaded successfully from the link http://sourceforge.net/projects/netramon/files/NTM/ntm-1.x/ntm-1.3.1.deb/download. The on using the given command the following output displayed:

edmond@Dell:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i ntm-1.3.1.deb
Selecting previously unselected package ntm.
(Reading database ... 211351 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ntm (from ntm-1.3.1.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ntm:
 ntm depends on python-rsvg; however:
  Package python-rsvg is not installed.
dpkg: error processing ntm (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ntm

Kindly instruct further as to the procedure to follow to install the monitoring data usage meter. Your kind further help would be most appreciated. Thank you.

use software-center to install python-rsvg, or install it with the terminal command

sudo apt-get install python-rsvg

then use the command

sudo dpkg --configure -a

this should either care for installation or give new error messages, in such case please post the exact error text in this question document that we can help further.

Thanks for your kind response to my query. I had previously downloaded python-rsvg. The CLI output was:

edmond@Dell:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for edmond:
edmond@Dell:~$ sudo apt-get install python-rsvg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python-rsvg is already the newest version.
python-rsvg set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 71 not upgraded.
edmond@Dell:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
edmond@Dell:~$

Thinking that the installation of NTM had failed, I used Ubuntu Software Centre to open my downloaded ntm-1.3.1.deb file. Then I found it accessible from Dash Home.
As I cannot understand the various displays, I would be most grateful if it was possible to refer me to a source of further advise and explanation about the out put from NTM.
Your kind help and instructions are most gratefully appreciated. Thank you very much.

Thanks Warren Hill, that solved my question.

The output of the "sudo apt-get install python-rsvg" command, namely "0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 71 not upgraded." shows that your system is not fully upgraded.

I recommend opening a terminal and executing the following commands:

lsb_release -a
uname -a
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Then copy all output and paste into this current question document.

Hi Manfred

Thank you for your kind help and further instructions. I ran the first four commands in successive order as given by you, but an unexpected thing happened when I tried to enter the fifth command. The screen cleared and I fell I've lost the out put from those commands. From memory, sudo apt-get update resulted in installation of fresh updates, as confirmed by the disappearance of the Up Date Alert from the right hand side of the Menu Bar at the top of the Desktop. The output from the last command is as follows:

edmond@Dell:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for edmond:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed
  linux-headers-3.2.0-37 linux-headers-3.2.0-37-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
  linux-image-3.2.0-37-generic linux-image-3.2.0-37-generic-pae wine-gecko1.9
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux linux-generic linux-generic-pae linux-headers-generic linux-headers-generic-pae linux-image
  linux-image-generic linux-image-generic-pae wine1.5 wine1.5-i386
10 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 133 MB of archives.
After this operation, 328 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
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Fetched 133 MB in 3min 30s (631 kB/s)
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Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-37-generic-pae (3.2.0-37.58) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.2.0-37-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-37-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.2.0-37-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.2.0-37-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-37-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-36-generic-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-36-generic-pae
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-36-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-36-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done
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Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.2.0-37-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-37-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-37-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.2.0-37-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.2.0-37-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-37-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-37-generic-pae
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-37-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-36-generic-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-36-generic-pae
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-36-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-36-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done
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Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
edmond@Dell:~$

For what iys worth, I re-ran the first four command and am going to paste the CLI output below:

edmond@Dell:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
edmond@Dell:~$ uname -a
Linux Dell 3.2.0-36-generic-pae #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 8 22:01:06 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
edmond@Dell:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for edmond:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for edmond:
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Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-proposed/main Translation-en_GB
Get:31 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-proposed/main Translation-en [51.3 kB]
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-proposed/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-proposed/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-proposed/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-proposed/universe Translation-en_GB
Get:32 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise-proposed/universe Translation-en [13.0 kB]
Fetched 1,791 kB in 12s (145 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
edmond@Dell:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  unity-greeter
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 87.9 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,096 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-proposed/main unity-greeter i386 0.2.9-0ubuntu1 [87.9 kB]
Fetched 87.9 kB in 0s (120 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 250895 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace unity-greeter 0.2.8-0ubuntu1.4 (using .../unity-greeter_0.2.9-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement unity-greeter ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0 ...
Setting up unity-greeter (0.2.9-0ubuntu1) ...
edmond@Dell:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
edmond@Dell:~$

Thank you very mush for your most kind help.

Submitted 'needs packaging' bug at LP #1183461 for those interested in tracking it.