How To Install god on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install god on Debian 9. god is Fully configurable process monitoring (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install god on Debian 9.

What is god

god is:

God is an easy to configure, easy to extend monitoring framework written in Ruby.

Keeping your server processes and tasks running should be a simple part of your deployment process. God aims to be the simplest, most powerful monitoring application available.

This is an empty package meant for transition.

There are three methods to install god on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install god Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install god

Install god Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install god using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install god

Install god 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 god using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install god

How To Uninstall god on Debian 9

To uninstall only the god package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove god

Uninstall god And Its Dependencies

To uninstall god and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove god

Remove god Configurations and Data

To remove god configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge god

Remove god configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge god

Dependencies

god have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install god package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.