How To Install libpcp-web1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp-web1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpcp-web1
libpcp-web1 is:
The libpcp-web package contains the runtime environment required by a PMDA to parse and extract metric data from a JSON file.
The Performance Co-Pilot provides a unifying abstraction for all of the interesting performance data in a system, and allows client applications to easily retrieve and process any subset of that data.
There are three methods to install libpcp-web1 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 libpcp-web1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcp-web1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpcp-web1
Install libpcp-web1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcp-web1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpcp-web1
Install libpcp-web1 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 libpcp-web1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpcp-web1
How To Uninstall libpcp-web1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpcp-web1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpcp-web1
Uninstall libpcp-web1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpcp-web1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcp-web1
Remove libpcp-web1 Configurations and Data
To remove libpcp-web1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpcp-web1
Remove libpcp-web1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpcp-web1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcp-web1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp-web1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
