How To Install libsysmetrics1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsysmetrics1 on Ubuntu 20.04. libsysmetrics1 is Report hardware and other collected metrics - shared lib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsysmetrics1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libsysmetrics1

libsysmetrics1 is:

The tool will show you what is going to be reported and ask for your acknowledgement before uploading it. This information can’t be used to identify a single machine and is presented before being sent to the server.

This package contains shared libraries to use sysmetrics collection and report functionality. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop

There are three methods to install libsysmetrics1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libsysmetrics1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsysmetrics1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsysmetrics1

Install libsysmetrics1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsysmetrics1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsysmetrics1

Install libsysmetrics1 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 libsysmetrics1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsysmetrics1

How To Uninstall libsysmetrics1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libsysmetrics1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsysmetrics1

Uninstall libsysmetrics1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsysmetrics1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsysmetrics1

Remove libsysmetrics1 Configurations and Data

To remove libsysmetrics1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsysmetrics1

Remove libsysmetrics1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsysmetrics1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsysmetrics1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsysmetrics1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.