How To Install loadwatch on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install loadwatch on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is loadwatch
loadwatch is:
loadwatch forks a child process and only allows it to run when the system load meets user-defined parameters. It allows you to specify that a program should run only if the load is below a specified point, and will stop it when that point is reached. When the load falls below a second specified point, the program will be continued. The user can also specify the system load sampling period.
There are three methods to install loadwatch on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install loadwatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install loadwatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install loadwatch
Install loadwatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install loadwatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install loadwatch
Install loadwatch 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 loadwatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install loadwatch
How To Uninstall loadwatch on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the loadwatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove loadwatch
Uninstall loadwatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall loadwatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove loadwatch
Remove loadwatch Configurations and Data
To remove loadwatch configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge loadwatch
Remove loadwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove loadwatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge loadwatch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install loadwatch package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
