How To Install rrdtool-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rrdtool-dbg
rrdtool-dbg 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.
RRDtool is often used via various wrappers that can poll data from devices and feed data into RRDs, as well as provide a friendlier user interface and customized graphs.
This package contains the debugging symbols for the program and library files.
There are three methods to install rrdtool-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 rrdtool-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 rrdtool-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rrdtool-dbg
Install rrdtool-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rrdtool-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rrdtool-dbg
Install rrdtool-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 rrdtool-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rrdtool-dbg
How To Uninstall rrdtool-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rrdtool-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rrdtool-dbg
Uninstall rrdtool-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rrdtool-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rrdtool-dbg
Remove rrdtool-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove rrdtool-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rrdtool-dbg
Remove rrdtool-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rrdtool-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rrdtool-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
