How To Install weathermap4rrd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install weathermap4rrd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is weathermap4rrd
weathermap4rrd is:
Network Weathermap4RRD is a perl script that generates picture network links utilization. Data used to create graph are acquired from RRDTool databases and are displayed as two ways colored arrows on a map representing the logical topology of the network.
There are three methods to install weathermap4rrd 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 weathermap4rrd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install weathermap4rrd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install weathermap4rrd
Install weathermap4rrd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install weathermap4rrd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install weathermap4rrd
Install weathermap4rrd 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 weathermap4rrd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install weathermap4rrd
How To Uninstall weathermap4rrd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the weathermap4rrd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove weathermap4rrd
Uninstall weathermap4rrd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall weathermap4rrd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove weathermap4rrd
Remove weathermap4rrd Configurations and Data
To remove weathermap4rrd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge weathermap4rrd
Remove weathermap4rrd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove weathermap4rrd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weathermap4rrd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install weathermap4rrd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
