How To Install lua-rrd-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install lua-rrd-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. lua-rrd-dev is time-series data storage and display system (Lua development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rrd-dev on Debian 12.

What is lua-rrd-dev

lua-rrd-dev is:

The Round Robin Database Tool (RRDtool) is a system to store and display time-series data (e.g. network bandwidth, machine-room temperature, server load average). It stores the data in Round Robin Databases (RRDs), a very compact way that will not expand over time. RRDtool processes the extracted data to enforce a certain data density, allowing for useful graphical representation of data values.

This package contains development files for the Lua interfaces to RRDs.

There are three methods to install lua-rrd-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lua-rrd-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 lua-rrd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua-rrd-dev

Install lua-rrd-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-rrd-dev

Install lua-rrd-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-rrd-dev

How To Uninstall lua-rrd-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-rrd-dev

Uninstall lua-rrd-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-rrd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-rrd-dev

Remove lua-rrd-dev Configurations and Data

To remove lua-rrd-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-rrd-dev

Remove lua-rrd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-rrd-dev

Dependencies

lua-rrd-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rrd-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.