How To Install gnocchi-metricd on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnocchi-metricd on Debian 10.
What is gnocchi-metricd
gnocchi-metricd is:
Gnocchi is a service for managing a set of resources and storing metrics about them, in a scalable and resilient way. Its functionalities are exposed over an HTTP REST API.
This package contains the metric daemon.
There are three methods to install gnocchi-metricd 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 gnocchi-metricd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnocchi-metricd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnocchi-metricd
Install gnocchi-metricd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnocchi-metricd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnocchi-metricd
Install gnocchi-metricd 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 gnocchi-metricd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnocchi-metricd
How To Uninstall gnocchi-metricd on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gnocchi-metricd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnocchi-metricd
Uninstall gnocchi-metricd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnocchi-metricd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnocchi-metricd
Remove gnocchi-metricd Configurations and Data
To remove gnocchi-metricd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnocchi-metricd
Remove gnocchi-metricd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnocchi-metricd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnocchi-metricd
Dependencies
gnocchi-metricd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnocchi-metricd package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.