How To Install prometheus-cpp-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-cpp-dev on Debian 12.
What is prometheus-cpp-dev
prometheus-cpp-dev is:
This library aims to enable Metrics-Driven Development for C++ services. It implements the Prometheus Data Model, a powerful abstraction on which to collect and expose metrics.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install prometheus-cpp-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 prometheus-cpp-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 prometheus-cpp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prometheus-cpp-dev
Install prometheus-cpp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install prometheus-cpp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prometheus-cpp-dev
Install prometheus-cpp-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 prometheus-cpp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prometheus-cpp-dev
How To Uninstall prometheus-cpp-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the prometheus-cpp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prometheus-cpp-dev
Uninstall prometheus-cpp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prometheus-cpp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prometheus-cpp-dev
Remove prometheus-cpp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove prometheus-cpp-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prometheus-cpp-dev
Remove prometheus-cpp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prometheus-cpp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prometheus-cpp-dev
Dependencies
prometheus-cpp-dev have the following dependencies:
- civetweb
- libcivetweb-dev
- libcurl4-openssl-dev
- libprometheus-cpp-core1.0
- libprometheus-cpp-push1.0
- libprometheus-cpp-pull1.0
- zlib1g-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-cpp-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.