How To Install rrdweather on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdweather on Ubuntu 22.04. rrdweather is weather monitoring tool based on RRDtool and weather.com

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdweather on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is rrdweather

rrdweather is:

RDWeather is a tool based on RRDtool and weather.com for weather monitoring. It regularly collects weather data from a XML file and put them in nice RRDtool graphs.

There are three methods to install rrdweather on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rrdweather Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rrdweather

Install rrdweather Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rrdweather

Install rrdweather 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 rrdweather using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rrdweather

How To Uninstall rrdweather on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove rrdweather

Uninstall rrdweather And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rrdweather and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rrdweather

Remove rrdweather Configurations and Data

To remove rrdweather configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rrdweather

Remove rrdweather configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rrdweather

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdweather package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.