How To Install mrtgutils-sensors on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrtgutils-sensors on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mrtgutils-sensors
mrtgutils-sensors is:
MRTGutils is a collection of simple utilities to generate output useful for mrtg. Many of the existing mrtg setups use shell or perl scripts to gather output. On busy systems, these scripts can generate a lot of extra load. These (small) C programs can return the given statistics more efficiently.
This package provides the binary mrtg-sensors that returns data sensors information from lm-sensors.
There are three methods to install mrtgutils-sensors 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 mrtgutils-sensors Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mrtgutils-sensors using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mrtgutils-sensors
Install mrtgutils-sensors Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mrtgutils-sensors using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mrtgutils-sensors
Install mrtgutils-sensors 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 mrtgutils-sensors using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mrtgutils-sensors
How To Uninstall mrtgutils-sensors on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mrtgutils-sensors package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mrtgutils-sensors
Uninstall mrtgutils-sensors And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mrtgutils-sensors and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mrtgutils-sensors
Remove mrtgutils-sensors Configurations and Data
To remove mrtgutils-sensors configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mrtgutils-sensors
Remove mrtgutils-sensors configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mrtgutils-sensors configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mrtgutils-sensors
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrtgutils-sensors package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
