How To Install powa-collector on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install powa-collector on Debian 12.
What is powa-collector
powa-collector is:
This repository contains the powa-collector tool, a simple multi-threaded python program that performs the snapshots for all the remote servers configured in a powa repository database (in the powa_servers table).
Related packages:
- powa-web: web frontend
- postgresql-powa (postgresql-NN-powa): archivist collecting statistics
There are three methods to install powa-collector 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 powa-collector Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install powa-collector using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install powa-collector
Install powa-collector Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install powa-collector using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install powa-collector
Install powa-collector 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 powa-collector using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install powa-collector
How To Uninstall powa-collector on Debian 12
To uninstall only the powa-collector package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove powa-collector
Uninstall powa-collector And Its Dependencies
To uninstall powa-collector and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove powa-collector
Remove powa-collector Configurations and Data
To remove powa-collector configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge powa-collector
Remove powa-collector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove powa-collector configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge powa-collector
Dependencies
powa-collector have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install powa-collector package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
