How To Install recap 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 recap on Ubuntu.
What is recap
recap is:
This program is intended to be used as a companion for the reporting provided by sysstat. It will create a set of reports summarizing hardware resource utilization. The script also provides optional reporting on a web server, MySQL and network connections.
There are three methods to install recap 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 recap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install recap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install recap
Install recap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install recap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install recap
Install recap 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 recap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install recap
How To Uninstall recap on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the recap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove recap
Uninstall recap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall recap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove recap
Remove recap Configurations and Data
To remove recap configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge recap
Remove recap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove recap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge recap
Dependencies
recap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install recap package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.