How To Install apachetop on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apachetop on Ubuntu.
What is apachetop
apachetop is:
Apache top is a curses-based realtime utility to display information from a running copy of Apache.
It is modelled after the standard ’top’ utility, and displays information such as the requests pers second, bytes per second and the most popular URLs displayed.
It must be run from a machine running Apache, as it works by processing the logfiles found in /var/log/apache.
There are three methods to install apachetop on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apachetop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apachetop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apachetop
Install apachetop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apachetop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apachetop
Install apachetop 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 apachetop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apachetop
How To Uninstall apachetop on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the apachetop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apachetop
Uninstall apachetop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apachetop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apachetop
Remove apachetop Configurations and Data
To remove apachetop configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apachetop
Remove apachetop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apachetop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apachetop
Dependencies
apachetop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apachetop package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.