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I can't install consistent versions of vnstat

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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!

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Run `apt-cache policy vnstat` on each server, you can check the latest version.
N0rbert avatar
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Does this answer your question? [How do I restore the default repositories?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/124017/how-do-i-restore-the-default-repositories) as focal [has 2.6 in the repositories](https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&searchon=names&keywords=vnstat).
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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".

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