How To Install downtimed on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install downtimed on Debian 10.
What is downtimed
downtimed is:
Downtimed is a daemon intended to monitor and record the times an operating system is non-functional. It does this by keeping a simple database file and by regularly recording time stamps. A client executable reads the database to account for the lengths of periods when the system was down.
There are three methods to install downtimed 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 downtimed Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install downtimed using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install downtimed
Install downtimed Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install downtimed using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install downtimed
Install downtimed 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 downtimed using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install downtimed
How To Uninstall downtimed on Debian 10
To uninstall only the downtimed package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove downtimed
Uninstall downtimed And Its Dependencies
To uninstall downtimed and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove downtimed
Remove downtimed Configurations and Data
To remove downtimed configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge downtimed
Remove downtimed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove downtimed configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge downtimed
Dependencies
downtimed have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install downtimed package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.