How To Install prometheus-node-exporter-collectors on Ubuntu 20.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-node-exporter-collectors on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is prometheus-node-exporter-collectors

prometheus-node-exporter-collectors is:

Optional textfile collector scripts which extend the functionality of Prometheus node_exporter, or process output from external binaries into the Prometheus metrics format, to be exposed by node_exporter.

There are three methods to install prometheus-node-exporter-collectors 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 prometheus-node-exporter-collectors Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install prometheus-node-exporter-collectors using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install prometheus-node-exporter-collectors

Install prometheus-node-exporter-collectors Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install prometheus-node-exporter-collectors using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install prometheus-node-exporter-collectors

Install prometheus-node-exporter-collectors 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 prometheus-node-exporter-collectors using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prometheus-node-exporter-collectors

How To Uninstall prometheus-node-exporter-collectors on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the prometheus-node-exporter-collectors package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove prometheus-node-exporter-collectors

Uninstall prometheus-node-exporter-collectors And Its Dependencies

To uninstall prometheus-node-exporter-collectors and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prometheus-node-exporter-collectors

Remove prometheus-node-exporter-collectors Configurations and Data

To remove prometheus-node-exporter-collectors configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge prometheus-node-exporter-collectors

Remove prometheus-node-exporter-collectors configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove prometheus-node-exporter-collectors configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prometheus-node-exporter-collectors

References

• prometheus-node-exporter-collectors website
• prometheus-node-exporter-collectors on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

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