How To Install rrdcollect-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdcollect-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rrdcollect-dbg
rrdcollect-dbg is:
This package contains the debugging symbols for RRDcollect, the daemon which polls data from certain sources into RRD databases.
There are three methods to install rrdcollect-dbg 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 rrdcollect-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rrdcollect-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rrdcollect-dbg
Install rrdcollect-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rrdcollect-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rrdcollect-dbg
Install rrdcollect-dbg 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 rrdcollect-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rrdcollect-dbg
How To Uninstall rrdcollect-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rrdcollect-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rrdcollect-dbg
Uninstall rrdcollect-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rrdcollect-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rrdcollect-dbg
Remove rrdcollect-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove rrdcollect-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rrdcollect-dbg
Remove rrdcollect-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rrdcollect-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rrdcollect-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdcollect-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
