How To Install libganglia1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libganglia1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libganglia1-dev is cluster monitoring toolkit - development libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libganglia1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libganglia1-dev

libganglia1-dev is:

Ganglia is a scalable, real-time cluster monitoring environment that collects cluster statistics in an open and well-defined XML format.

This package contains development libraries.

There are three methods to install libganglia1-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 libganglia1-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 libganglia1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libganglia1-dev

Install libganglia1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libganglia1-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libganglia1-dev

Install libganglia1-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 libganglia1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libganglia1-dev

How To Uninstall libganglia1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libganglia1-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libganglia1-dev

Uninstall libganglia1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libganglia1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libganglia1-dev

Remove libganglia1-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libganglia1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libganglia1-dev

Remove libganglia1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libganglia1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libganglia1-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libganglia1-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.