How To Install ksystemstats 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 ksystemstats on Ubuntu.

What is ksystemstats

ksystemstats is:

plugin based system monitoring daemon used by System Monitor.

There are three methods to install ksystemstats 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 ksystemstats Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ksystemstats using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ksystemstats

Install ksystemstats Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ksystemstats using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ksystemstats

Install ksystemstats 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 ksystemstats using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ksystemstats

How To Uninstall ksystemstats on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the ksystemstats package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ksystemstats

Uninstall ksystemstats And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ksystemstats and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ksystemstats

Remove ksystemstats Configurations and Data

To remove ksystemstats configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ksystemstats

Remove ksystemstats configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ksystemstats configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ksystemstats

Dependencies

ksystemstats have the following dependencies:

• kio
• libc6
• libkf5coreaddons5
• libkf5dbusaddons5
• libkf5i18n5
• libkf5kiocore5
• libkf5networkmanagerqt6
• libkf5solid5
• libksysguardformatter1

References

• ksystemstats website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ksystemstats package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.