How To Install rrdtool on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rrdtool
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.
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 command-line programs used to access and manipulate RRDs.
There are three methods to install rrdtool
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rrdtool
Install rrdtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rrdtool
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rrdtool
Install 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 rrdtool
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rrdtool
How To Uninstall rrdtool on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rrdtool
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rrdtool
Uninstall rrdtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rrdtool
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rrdtool
Remove rrdtool Configurations and Data
To remove rrdtool
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rrdtool
Remove rrdtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rrdtool
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rrdtool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.