How To Install riemann-c-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install riemann-c-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is riemann-c-client
riemann-c-client is:
Riemann is a network event stream processor, intended for analyitics, metrics and alerting; and to glue various monitoring systems together.
This package provides a simple utility to send events to, or query a Riemann server.
There are three methods to install riemann-c-client 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 riemann-c-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install riemann-c-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install riemann-c-client
Install riemann-c-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install riemann-c-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install riemann-c-client
Install riemann-c-client 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 riemann-c-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install riemann-c-client
How To Uninstall riemann-c-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the riemann-c-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove riemann-c-client
Uninstall riemann-c-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall riemann-c-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove riemann-c-client
Remove riemann-c-client Configurations and Data
To remove riemann-c-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge riemann-c-client
Remove riemann-c-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove riemann-c-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge riemann-c-client
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install riemann-c-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
