How To Install graphdefang 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 graphdefang on Ubuntu.
What is graphdefang
graphdefang is:
GraphDefang is a configurable utility that parses arbitrary syslog entries and creates a set of configurable charts (PNG files) with the data. These files can be written to disk or displayed by a web server through a CGI script.
There are three methods to install graphdefang 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 graphdefang Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install graphdefang using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install graphdefang
Install graphdefang Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install graphdefang using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install graphdefang
Install graphdefang 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 graphdefang using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install graphdefang
How To Uninstall graphdefang on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the graphdefang package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove graphdefang
Uninstall graphdefang And Its Dependencies
To uninstall graphdefang and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove graphdefang
Remove graphdefang Configurations and Data
To remove graphdefang configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge graphdefang
Remove graphdefang configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove graphdefang configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge graphdefang
Dependencies
graphdefang have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install graphdefang package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.