How To Install influxdb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install influxdb-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is influxdb-dev
influxdb-dev is:
This is a transitional package to ease upgrades to the golang-github-influxdb-influxdb-dev package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install influxdb-dev
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 influxdb-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install influxdb-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install influxdb-dev
Install influxdb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install influxdb-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install influxdb-dev
Install influxdb-dev 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 influxdb-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install influxdb-dev
How To Uninstall influxdb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the influxdb-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove influxdb-dev
Uninstall influxdb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall influxdb-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove influxdb-dev
Remove influxdb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove influxdb-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge influxdb-dev
Remove influxdb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove influxdb-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge influxdb-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install influxdb-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.