bwm-ng software package provides small and simple console-based bandwidth monitor, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install bwm-ng
bwm-ng is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bwm-ng package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bwm-ng *
You will get with bwm-ng package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Network |
| Package | bwm-ng |
| Version | 0.6-3ubuntu1 |
| Description | small and simple console-based bandwidth monitor |
| Sub Section | Net |