How To Install rrdtool on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool on Debian 10.
What is rrdtool
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.
RRDtool is often used via various wrappers that can poll data from devices and feed data into RRDs, as well as provide a friendlier user interface and customized graphs.
This package contains command-line programs used to access and manipulate RRDs.
There are three methods to install 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 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 rrdtool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rrdtool
Install rrdtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rrdtool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rrdtool
Install 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 rrdtool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rrdtool
How To Uninstall rrdtool on Debian 10
To uninstall only the rrdtool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rrdtool
Uninstall rrdtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rrdtool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rrdtool
Remove rrdtool Configurations and Data
To remove rrdtool configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rrdtool
Remove rrdtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rrdtool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rrdtool
Dependencies
rrdtool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
