How To Install collectd-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. collectd-utils is statistics collection and monitoring daemon (utilities)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is collectd-utils

collectd-utils is:

collectd is a small daemon which collects system information periodically and provides mechanisms to monitor and store the values in a variety of ways. Since the daemon doesn’t need to startup every time it wants to update the values it’s very fast and easy on the system. Also, the statistics are very fine grained since the files are updated every 10 seconds by default.

This package contains the following utility:

  • collectdctl: Control interface for collectd
  • collectd-nagios: Nagios plugin for querying collectd

There are three methods to install collectd-utils 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 collectd-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install collectd-utils

Install collectd-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install collectd-utils

Install collectd-utils 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 collectd-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install collectd-utils

How To Uninstall collectd-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the collectd-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove collectd-utils

Uninstall collectd-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall collectd-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove collectd-utils

Remove collectd-utils Configurations and Data

To remove collectd-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge collectd-utils

Remove collectd-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge collectd-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.