How To Install erlang-metrics on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-metrics on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is erlang-metrics
erlang-metrics is:
A generic interface to folsom, exometer, grapherl or any compliant interface. It allows one to set a backend, register a new metric, and update a metric.
There are three methods to install erlang-metrics on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install erlang-metrics Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-metrics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-metrics
Install erlang-metrics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-metrics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-metrics
Install erlang-metrics Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-metrics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-metrics
How To Uninstall erlang-metrics on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the erlang-metrics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-metrics
Uninstall erlang-metrics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-metrics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-metrics
Remove erlang-metrics Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-metrics configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-metrics
Remove erlang-metrics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-metrics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-metrics
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-metrics package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
