How To Install poolcounter on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install poolcounter
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is poolcounter
poolcounter is:
PoolCounter is a network daemon which provides mutex-like functionality, with a limited wait queue length. If too many servers try to do the same thing at the same time, the wait queue overflows and some configurable action might be taken by subsequent clients, such as displaying an error message or using a stale cache entry.
There are three methods to install poolcounter
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 poolcounter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install poolcounter
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install poolcounter
Install poolcounter Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install poolcounter
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install poolcounter
Install poolcounter 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 poolcounter
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install poolcounter
How To Uninstall poolcounter on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the poolcounter
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove poolcounter
Uninstall poolcounter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall poolcounter
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove poolcounter
Remove poolcounter Configurations and Data
To remove poolcounter
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge poolcounter
Remove poolcounter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove poolcounter
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge poolcounter
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install poolcounter
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.