How To Install gnocchi-statsd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnocchi-statsd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnocchi-statsd
gnocchi-statsd 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-statsd 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 gnocchi-statsd 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-statsd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnocchi-statsd
Install gnocchi-statsd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnocchi-statsd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnocchi-statsd
Install gnocchi-statsd 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 gnocchi-statsd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnocchi-statsd
How To Uninstall gnocchi-statsd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnocchi-statsd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnocchi-statsd
Uninstall gnocchi-statsd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnocchi-statsd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnocchi-statsd
Remove gnocchi-statsd Configurations and Data
To remove gnocchi-statsd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnocchi-statsd
Remove gnocchi-statsd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnocchi-statsd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnocchi-statsd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnocchi-statsd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
