How To Install collectd-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is collectd-dbg
collectd-dbg is:
collectd is a small daemon which collects system information periodically and provides mechanisms to monitor and store the values in a variety of ways. Since the daemon doesn’t need to startup every time it wants to update the values it’s very fast and easy on the system. Also, the statistics are very fine grained since the files are updated every 10 seconds by default.
This package contains the debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install collectd-dbg 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 collectd-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install collectd-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install collectd-dbg
Install collectd-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install collectd-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install collectd-dbg
Install collectd-dbg 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 collectd-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install collectd-dbg
How To Uninstall collectd-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the collectd-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove collectd-dbg
Uninstall collectd-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall collectd-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove collectd-dbg
Remove collectd-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove collectd-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge collectd-dbg
Remove collectd-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove collectd-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge collectd-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
