How To Install prometheus-smokeping-prober 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 prometheus-smokeping-prober on Ubuntu.
What is prometheus-smokeping-prober
prometheus-smokeping-prober is:
This prober sends a series of ICMP (or UDP) pings to a target and records the responses in Prometheus histogram metrics. The resulting metrics are useful for detecting changes in network latency (or round trip time), as well as packet loss over a network path.
There are three methods to install prometheus-smokeping-prober 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 prometheus-smokeping-prober Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install prometheus-smokeping-prober using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prometheus-smokeping-prober
Install prometheus-smokeping-prober Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install prometheus-smokeping-prober using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prometheus-smokeping-prober
Install prometheus-smokeping-prober 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 prometheus-smokeping-prober using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prometheus-smokeping-prober
How To Uninstall prometheus-smokeping-prober on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the prometheus-smokeping-prober package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prometheus-smokeping-prober
Uninstall prometheus-smokeping-prober And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prometheus-smokeping-prober and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prometheus-smokeping-prober
Remove prometheus-smokeping-prober Configurations and Data
To remove prometheus-smokeping-prober configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prometheus-smokeping-prober
Remove prometheus-smokeping-prober configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prometheus-smokeping-prober configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prometheus-smokeping-prober
Dependencies
prometheus-smokeping-prober have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-smokeping-prober package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.