I can't install consistent versions of vnstat

Question

I operate several leased VPS servers in Europe, Middle East and US. Recently, I have installed vnstat to monitor my network connections volume and speed. The most recent version of vnstat is 2.6, which I like, but a few of my servers download and installed 1.15, 1.16 or 1.17. Attempts to upgrade vnstat on these units always gives me 'newest version installed.' which is not true. I operate Ubuntu 20.04 server on all. I have tried to switch mirrors in sources.list to another country to no avail. I have not tried to install from source because the extraneous downloads take valuable disk real estate. vnstat2.6 has features I like that are not in 1.x. Please help!

Answer 1

Your universe repository is disabled. As, vnStat version 2.6 is available in the universe repositories of Ubuntu 20.04. Follow these steps to install the latest version of vnStat:

1. Add the universe repository:

   sudo add-apt-repository universe
   

2. Update the repository list:

   sudo apt update 
   

3. Install vnStat:

   sudo apt install --reinstall vnstat=2.6-1
   

You can also manually install the .deb files and compile the package yourself.

1. Get the .deb files:

   wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/v/vnstat/vnstat_2.6-1_amd64.deb
   

2. Install the files:

   sudo dpkg -i vnstat_2.6-1_amd64.deb
   

3. Update and satisfy the dependencies:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt -f install
   

Alternatively, you can use a custom PPA to install vnStat version 2.8:

1. Add the PPA:

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/vnstat
   

2. Update the repository list:

   sudo apt update
   

3. Install vnStat:

   sudo apt install --reinstall vnstat
   

If you're still not getting the latest version, try changing the mirror to "Main Server".