How To Install rrdcached on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdcached on Debian 9. rrdcached is data caching daemon for RRDtool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdcached on Debian 9.

What is rrdcached

rrdcached is:

RRDCacheD is a daemon that receives updates to existing RRD files, accumulates them and, if enough have been received or a defined time has passed, writes the updates to the RRD file. The daemon was written with big setups in mind. Those setups usually run into I/O related problems. RRDCacheD’s goal is to alleviate these problems.

There are three methods to install rrdcached on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rrdcached Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rrdcached

Install rrdcached Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rrdcached

Install rrdcached 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 rrdcached using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rrdcached

How To Uninstall rrdcached on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove rrdcached

Uninstall rrdcached And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rrdcached and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rrdcached

Remove rrdcached Configurations and Data

To remove rrdcached configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rrdcached

Remove rrdcached configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rrdcached

Dependencies

rrdcached have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdcached package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.