How To Install rrdtool-tcl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-tcl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rrdtool-tcl
rrdtool-tcl 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 Tcl interface to RRDs.
There are three methods to install rrdtool-tcl 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-tcl 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-tcl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rrdtool-tcl
Install rrdtool-tcl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rrdtool-tcl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rrdtool-tcl
Install rrdtool-tcl 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-tcl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rrdtool-tcl
How To Uninstall rrdtool-tcl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rrdtool-tcl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rrdtool-tcl
Uninstall rrdtool-tcl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rrdtool-tcl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rrdtool-tcl
Remove rrdtool-tcl Configurations and Data
To remove rrdtool-tcl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rrdtool-tcl
Remove rrdtool-tcl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rrdtool-tcl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rrdtool-tcl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-tcl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
