How To Install nordugrid-arc-gangliarc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-gangliarc on Ubuntu 18.04. nordugrid-arc-gangliarc is Ganglia monitoring for ARC services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-gangliarc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is nordugrid-arc-gangliarc

nordugrid-arc-gangliarc is:

gangliarc provides a way to monitor ARC services through an existing ganglia installation. Running gangliarc adds various ARC metrics to ganglia which can then be viewed along with regular ganglia metrics for the ARC host.

There are three methods to install nordugrid-arc-gangliarc 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 nordugrid-arc-gangliarc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nordugrid-arc-gangliarc

Install nordugrid-arc-gangliarc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nordugrid-arc-gangliarc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nordugrid-arc-gangliarc

Install nordugrid-arc-gangliarc 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 nordugrid-arc-gangliarc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nordugrid-arc-gangliarc

How To Uninstall nordugrid-arc-gangliarc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the nordugrid-arc-gangliarc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nordugrid-arc-gangliarc

Uninstall nordugrid-arc-gangliarc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nordugrid-arc-gangliarc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nordugrid-arc-gangliarc

Remove nordugrid-arc-gangliarc Configurations and Data

To remove nordugrid-arc-gangliarc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nordugrid-arc-gangliarc

Remove nordugrid-arc-gangliarc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nordugrid-arc-gangliarc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nordugrid-arc-gangliarc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-gangliarc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.