How To Install python-rrdtool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rrdtool on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-rrdtool
python-rrdtool is:
The Round Robin Database Tool (RRDtool) is a system to store and display time-series data (e.g. network bandwidth, machine-room temperature, server load average). It stores the data in Round Robin Databases (RRDs), a very compact way that will not expand over time. RRDtool processes the extracted data to enforce a certain data density, allowing for useful graphical representation of data values.
This package contains a Python interface to RRDs.
There are three methods to install python-rrdtool 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-rrdtool 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-rrdtool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rrdtool
Install python-rrdtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rrdtool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rrdtool
Install python-rrdtool 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-rrdtool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rrdtool
How To Uninstall python-rrdtool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-rrdtool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rrdtool
Uninstall python-rrdtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rrdtool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rrdtool
Remove python-rrdtool Configurations and Data
To remove python-rrdtool configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rrdtool
Remove python-rrdtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rrdtool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rrdtool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rrdtool package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
