How To Install munin-plugins-c on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install munin-plugins-c on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is munin-plugins-c
munin-plugins-c is:
Munin is a highly flexible and powerful solution used to create graphs of virtually everything imaginable throughout your network, while still maintaining a rattling ease of installation and configuration.
This package contains C rewrites of some of the core plugins for the Munin node such as cpu, load, memory and uptime.
The purpose for rewriting the plugins is the reduced resource usage.
There are three methods to install munin-plugins-c 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 munin-plugins-c Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install munin-plugins-c using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install munin-plugins-c
Install munin-plugins-c Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install munin-plugins-c using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install munin-plugins-c
Install munin-plugins-c 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 munin-plugins-c using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install munin-plugins-c
How To Uninstall munin-plugins-c on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the munin-plugins-c package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove munin-plugins-c
Uninstall munin-plugins-c And Its Dependencies
To uninstall munin-plugins-c and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove munin-plugins-c
Remove munin-plugins-c Configurations and Data
To remove munin-plugins-c configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge munin-plugins-c
Remove munin-plugins-c configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove munin-plugins-c configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge munin-plugins-c
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install munin-plugins-c package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
