How To Install varmon on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install varmon on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is varmon
varmon is:
A text-based tool to monitor DAC 960 RAID controllers. This includes Mylex RAID cards from the 960 and 1100 series, eXteremeRAID 2000 & 3000, AcceleRAID 352 & 170.
There are three methods to install varmon 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 varmon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install varmon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install varmon
Install varmon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install varmon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install varmon
Install varmon 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 varmon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install varmon
How To Uninstall varmon on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the varmon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove varmon
Uninstall varmon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall varmon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove varmon
Remove varmon Configurations and Data
To remove varmon configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge varmon
Remove varmon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove varmon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge varmon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install varmon package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
