How To Install cockpit-pcp on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-pcp on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is cockpit-pcp
cockpit-pcp is:
Cockpit support for reading PCP metrics and loading PCP archives.
Package: cockpit-pcp Architecture: amd64 Version: 215-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: cockpit Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 234 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 0.16.0), libpcp3, libsystemd0 (>= 235), cockpit-bridge (>= 186), pcp Filename: pool/universe/c/cockpit/cockpit-pcp_215-1_amd64.deb Size: 69360 MD5sum: f4e59a37e09198d1c5fd45c73970cd25 SHA1: 7245513e99f137e26380110b1ea17dc14dd3e052 SHA256: 18c506e46b6250683f383960219774d98fd801059d608ebfaa4e2cd903f6f6ee Homepage: https://cockpit-project.org/ Description-en: Cockpit PCP integration Cockpit support for reading PCP metrics and loading PCP archives.
There are three methods to install cockpit-pcp 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 cockpit-pcp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit-pcp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-pcp
Install cockpit-pcp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit-pcp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cockpit-pcp
Install cockpit-pcp 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 cockpit-pcp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-pcp
How To Uninstall cockpit-pcp on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the cockpit-pcp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cockpit-pcp
Uninstall cockpit-pcp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cockpit-pcp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-pcp
Remove cockpit-pcp Configurations and Data
To remove cockpit-pcp configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-pcp
Remove cockpit-pcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cockpit-pcp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit-pcp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-pcp package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
