How To Install vnstati on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vnstati on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vnstati
vnstati is:
vnStati provides image output support for statistics collected using vnStat. The image file format is limited to png. All basic outputs of vnStat are supported excluding live traffic features. The image can be outputted either to a file or to standard output.
There are three methods to install vnstati 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 vnstati Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vnstati using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vnstati
Install vnstati Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vnstati using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vnstati
Install vnstati 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 vnstati using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vnstati
How To Uninstall vnstati on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vnstati package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vnstati
Uninstall vnstati And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vnstati and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vnstati
Remove vnstati Configurations and Data
To remove vnstati configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vnstati
Remove vnstati configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vnstati configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vnstati
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vnstati package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
