How To Install libcollectdclient1 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcollectdclient1 on Debian 11. libcollectdclient1 is client library for collectds control interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcollectdclient1 on Debian 11.

What is libcollectdclient1

libcollectdclient1 is:

libcollectdclient provides an API to access the control interface provided by the unixsock plugin of collectd, a statistics collection and monitoring daemon. It can be used to access values collected by collectd or dispatch new values and notifications to the daemon. This allows for integration with other applications such as monitoring solutions.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libcollectdclient1 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcollectdclient1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcollectdclient1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcollectdclient1

Install libcollectdclient1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcollectdclient1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcollectdclient1

Install libcollectdclient1 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 libcollectdclient1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcollectdclient1

How To Uninstall libcollectdclient1 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libcollectdclient1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcollectdclient1

Uninstall libcollectdclient1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcollectdclient1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcollectdclient1

Remove libcollectdclient1 Configurations and Data

To remove libcollectdclient1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcollectdclient1

Remove libcollectdclient1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcollectdclient1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcollectdclient1

Dependencies

libcollectdclient1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcollectdclient1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.