How To Install ganglia-monitor-python on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ganglia-monitor-python on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ganglia-monitor-python
ganglia-monitor-python is:
Ganglia is a scalable, real-time cluster monitoring environment that collects cluster statistics in an open and well-defined XML format.
This package contains the monitor core python plugins.
There are three methods to install ganglia-monitor-python on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ganglia-monitor-python Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ganglia-monitor-python using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ganglia-monitor-python
Install ganglia-monitor-python Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ganglia-monitor-python using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ganglia-monitor-python
Install ganglia-monitor-python 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 ganglia-monitor-python using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ganglia-monitor-python
How To Uninstall ganglia-monitor-python on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ganglia-monitor-python package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ganglia-monitor-python
Uninstall ganglia-monitor-python And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ganglia-monitor-python and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ganglia-monitor-python
Remove ganglia-monitor-python Configurations and Data
To remove ganglia-monitor-python configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ganglia-monitor-python
Remove ganglia-monitor-python configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ganglia-monitor-python configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ganglia-monitor-python
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ganglia-monitor-python package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
