How To Install solarpowerlog on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install solarpowerlog on Debian 12.
What is solarpowerlog
solarpowerlog is:
The program’s purpose is to track and log data from photovoltaic inverters, collect power data and store them. Also a purpose is to provide an interface to extract these data, allowing applications like web site stats of the system.
Solarpowerlog supports at the moment Solarmax inverters, connected via ethernet or serial interface, however it is programmed in a way to easy add support for other inverters as well.
The program supports logging to the console, logging to CVS and writing HTML files to be serverd by a web server.
There are three methods to install solarpowerlog on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install solarpowerlog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install solarpowerlog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install solarpowerlog
Install solarpowerlog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install solarpowerlog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install solarpowerlog
Install solarpowerlog 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install solarpowerlog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install solarpowerlog
How To Uninstall solarpowerlog on Debian 12
To uninstall only the solarpowerlog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove solarpowerlog
Uninstall solarpowerlog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall solarpowerlog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove solarpowerlog
Remove solarpowerlog Configurations and Data
To remove solarpowerlog configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge solarpowerlog
Remove solarpowerlog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove solarpowerlog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge solarpowerlog
Dependencies
solarpowerlog have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- libboost-program-options1.74.0
- libboost-thread1.74.0
- libc6
- libconfig++9v5
- libcppdb0
- libgcc-s1
- liblog4cxx15
- libstdc++6
- lsb-base
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install solarpowerlog package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
