How To Install python-django-prometheus on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-prometheus on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-django-prometheus
python-django-prometheus is:
The django-prometheus library provides integrations to monitor database interaction, usage of models, and HTTP requests. Any custom metrics are also handled directly by the Python Prometheus client library.
This library just facilitates gathering and exporting the data. A separate service (or set of services) must be used to gather, store and process this data.
This package contains the Python 2 library.
There are three methods to install python-django-prometheus 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 python-django-prometheus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-prometheus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-django-prometheus
Install python-django-prometheus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-django-prometheus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-django-prometheus
Install python-django-prometheus 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 python-django-prometheus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-django-prometheus
How To Uninstall python-django-prometheus on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-django-prometheus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-django-prometheus
Uninstall python-django-prometheus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-django-prometheus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-django-prometheus
Remove python-django-prometheus Configurations and Data
To remove python-django-prometheus configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-django-prometheus
Remove python-django-prometheus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-django-prometheus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-django-prometheus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-django-prometheus package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.