How To Install diamond on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install diamond on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is diamond
diamond is:
Diamond is a python daemon that collects system metrics and publishes them to Graphite (and others). It is capable of collecting cpu, memory, network, i/o, load and disk metrics. Additionally, it features an API for implementing custom collectors for gathering metrics from almost any source.
This package contains the daemon and its configuration and accessories.
There are three methods to install diamond on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install diamond Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install diamond using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install diamond
Install diamond Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install diamond using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install diamond
Install diamond 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 diamond using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install diamond
How To Uninstall diamond on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the diamond package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove diamond
Uninstall diamond And Its Dependencies
To uninstall diamond and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove diamond
Remove diamond Configurations and Data
To remove diamond configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge diamond
Remove diamond configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove diamond configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diamond
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install diamond package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
