How To Install python3-rrdtool on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-rrdtool on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-rrdtool is time-series data storage and display system (Python3 interface)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rrdtool on Debian 10.

What is python3-rrdtool

python3-rrdtool is:

The Round Robin Database Tool (RRDtool) is a system to store and display time-series data (e.g. network bandwidth, machine-room temperature, server load average). It stores the data in Round Robin Databases (RRDs), a very compact way that will not expand over time. RRDtool processes the extracted data to enforce a certain data density, allowing for useful graphical representation of data values.

This package contains a Python3 interface to RRDs.

There are three methods to install python3-rrdtool on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-rrdtool Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-rrdtool using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-rrdtool

Install python3-rrdtool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-rrdtool using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-rrdtool

Install python3-rrdtool 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-rrdtool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-rrdtool

How To Uninstall python3-rrdtool on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-rrdtool package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-rrdtool

Uninstall python3-rrdtool And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-rrdtool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rrdtool

Remove python3-rrdtool Configurations and Data

To remove python3-rrdtool configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rrdtool

Remove python3-rrdtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-rrdtool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-rrdtool

Dependencies

python3-rrdtool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rrdtool package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.