How To Install ruby-aggregate on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-aggregate on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-aggregate
ruby-aggregate is:
Aggregate is an intuitive ruby implementation of a statistics aggregator including both default and configurable histogram support. It does this without recording/storing any of the actual sample values, making it suitable for tracking statistics across millions/billions of samples without any impact on performance or memory footprint. Originally inspired by the Aggregate support in SystemTap.
There are three methods to install ruby-aggregate 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 ruby-aggregate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-aggregate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-aggregate
Install ruby-aggregate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-aggregate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-aggregate
Install ruby-aggregate 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 ruby-aggregate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-aggregate
How To Uninstall ruby-aggregate on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-aggregate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-aggregate
Uninstall ruby-aggregate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-aggregate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-aggregate
Remove ruby-aggregate Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-aggregate configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-aggregate
Remove ruby-aggregate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-aggregate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-aggregate
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-aggregate package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
