How To Install ruby-prometheus-client-mmap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-prometheus-client-mmap on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-prometheus-client-mmap
ruby-prometheus-client-mmap is:
These instrumentation metric primitives can be exposed through a web services interface. Intended to be used together with a Prometheus server.
This Prometheus library is fork of Prometheus Ruby Client that uses mmap’ed files to share metrics from multiple processes. This allows efficient metrics processing for Ruby web apps running in multiprocess setups like Unicorn.
There are three methods to install ruby-prometheus-client-mmap 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-prometheus-client-mmap 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-prometheus-client-mmap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-prometheus-client-mmap
Install ruby-prometheus-client-mmap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-prometheus-client-mmap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-prometheus-client-mmap
Install ruby-prometheus-client-mmap 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-prometheus-client-mmap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-prometheus-client-mmap
How To Uninstall ruby-prometheus-client-mmap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-prometheus-client-mmap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-prometheus-client-mmap
Uninstall ruby-prometheus-client-mmap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-prometheus-client-mmap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-prometheus-client-mmap
Remove ruby-prometheus-client-mmap Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-prometheus-client-mmap configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-prometheus-client-mmap
Remove ruby-prometheus-client-mmap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-prometheus-client-mmap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-prometheus-client-mmap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-prometheus-client-mmap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
