How To Install isag on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install isag on Debian 9. isag is Interactive System Activity Grapher for sysstat

Introduction

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

What is isag

isag is:

This package provides the command isag, which graphically displays the system activity data stored in the binary logs produced by sar (in the package sysstat).

There are three methods to install isag 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 isag Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install isag

Install isag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install isag

Install isag 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 isag using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install isag

How To Uninstall isag on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove isag

Uninstall isag And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove isag

Remove isag Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge isag

Remove isag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isag

Dependencies

isag have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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