How To Install graphite-web on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install graphite-web on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is graphite-web
graphite-web is:
Graphite consists of a storage backend and a web-based visualization frontend. Client applications send streams of numeric time-series data to the Graphite backend (called carbon), where it gets stored in fixed-size database files similar in design to RRD. The web frontend provides 2 distinct user interfaces for visualizing this data in graphs as well as a simple URL-based API for direct graph generation.
Graphite’s design is focused on providing simple interfaces (both to users and applications), real-time visualization, high-availability, and enterprise scalability.
There are three methods to install graphite-web 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 graphite-web Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install graphite-web using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install graphite-web
Install graphite-web Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install graphite-web using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install graphite-web
Install graphite-web 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 graphite-web using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install graphite-web
How To Uninstall graphite-web on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the graphite-web package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove graphite-web
Uninstall graphite-web And Its Dependencies
To uninstall graphite-web and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove graphite-web
Remove graphite-web Configurations and Data
To remove graphite-web configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge graphite-web
Remove graphite-web configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove graphite-web configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge graphite-web
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install graphite-web package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
