How to Install and Uninstall prometheus Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

You can also install and uninstall the prometheus on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "prometheus" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install prometheus on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "prometheus" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall prometheus on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the prometheus package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: prometheus
Source: prometheus (2.42.0+ds-5)
Version: 2.42.0+ds-5+b5
Installed-Size: 96227
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: adduser, fonts-glyphicons-halflings, libjs-bootstrap4, libjs-eonasdan-bootstrap-datetimepicker, libjs-jquery (>= 3.5.1~), libjs-jquery-hotkeys, libjs-moment, libjs-moment-timezone, libjs-mustache (>= 2.3.0-1~), libjs-popper.js, libjs-rickshaw, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: prometheus-node-exporter
Description: monitoring system and time series database
Description-md5: ed8e3840401470b3bc3fb55243535f98
Homepage: https://prometheus.io/
Built-Using: docker-registry (= 2.8.2+ds1-1), docker.io (= 20.10.24+dfsg1-1), golang-1.19 (= 1.19.8-2), golang-fsnotify (= 1.6.0-2), golang-github-alecthomas-units (= 0.0~git20211218.b94a6e3-1), golang-github-asaskevich-govalidator (= 9+git20180720.0.f9ffefc3-1.1), golang-github-aws-aws-sdk-go (= 1.44.133-1), golang-github-azure-azure-sdk-for-go (= 68.0.0-2), golang-github-azure-go-autorest (= 14.2.0+git20220726.711dde1-1), golang-github-beorn7-perks (= 1.0.1-1), golang-github-cespare-xxhash (= 2.1.1-2), golang-github-coreos-go-systemd (= 22.3.2-1), golang-github-davecgh-go-spew (= 1.1.1-3), golang-github-dennwc-varint (= 1.0.0-2), golang-github-digitalocean-godo (= 1.37.0-2), golang-github-docker-go-connections (= 0.4.0-4), golang-github-docker-go-units (= 0.4.0-4), golang-github-edsrzf-mmap-go (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-go-kit-log (= 0.2.1-1), golang-github-go-logfmt-logfmt (= 0.5.0-2), golang-github-go-openapi-analysis (= 0.21.2-1), golang-github-go-openapi-errors (= 0.20.2-1), golang-github-go-openapi-jsonpointer (= 1:0.19.5-4), golang-github-go-openapi-jsonreference (= 1:0.19.6-2), golang-github-go-openapi-loads (= 0.21.1-2), golang-github-go-openapi-spec (= 1:0.20.4-2), golang-github-go-openapi-strfmt (= 0.21.2-1), golang-github-go-openapi-swag (= 1:0.21.1-1), golang-github-go-openapi-validate (= 0.21.0-1), golang-github-go-stack-stack (= 1.8.0-1), golang-github-golang-groupcache (= 0.0~git20200121.8c9f03a-2), golang-github-golang-jwt-jwt (= 4.4.3-1), golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-3 (= 1.3.5-4), golang-github-golang-snappy (= 0.0.2-3), golang-github-google-go-querystring (= 1.1.0-2), golang-github-google-pprof (= 0.0~git20211008.947d60d-1), golang-github-googleapis-gax-go (= 2.0.5-4), golang-github-gophercloud-gophercloud (= 0.12.0-1), golang-github-grafana-regexp (= 0.0~git20221122.6b5c0a4-2), golang-github-hashicorp-go-cleanhttp (= 0.5.2-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-retryablehttp (= 0.7.1-1), golang-github-hetznercloud-hcloud-go (= 1.35.3-1), golang-github-ionos-cloud-sdk-go (= 6.1.4-1), golang-github-jmespath-go-jmespath (= 0.4.0-2), golang-github-josharian-intern (= 1.0.0-3), golang-github-jpillora-backoff (= 1.0.0-1.1), golang-github-json-iterator-go (= 1.1.12-1), golang-github-julienschmidt-httprouter (= 1.3.0-2), golang-github-kolo-xmlrpc (= 0.0~git20200310.e035052-2), golang-github-mailru-easyjson (= 0.7.7-1), golang-github-miekg-dns (= 1.1.50-2), golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure (= 1.5.0-2), golang-github-modern-go-concurrent (= 1.0.3-1.1), golang-github-modern-go-reflect2 (= 1.0.2-2), golang-github-mwitkow-go-conntrack (= 0.0~git20190716.2f06839-3), golang-github-oklog-run (= 1.1.0-2), golang-github-oklog-ulid (= 2.0.2+ds-2), golang-github-opencontainers-go-digest (= 1.0.0-2), golang-github-opencontainers-image-spec (= 1.1.0~rc2-3), golang-github-opennota-urlesc (= 0.0~git20160726.0.5bd2802-1.1), golang-github-ovh-go-ovh (= 1.1.0-2), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.9.1-2), golang-github-pmezard-go-difflib (= 1.0.0-3), golang-github-prometheus-client-golang (= 1.14.0-3), golang-github-prometheus-client-model (= 0.3.0-3), golang-github-prometheus-common (= 0.39.0-2), golang-github-prometheus-exporter-toolkit (= 0.8.2-2), golang-github-prometheus-procfs (= 0.8.0-3), golang-github-puerkitobio-purell (= 1.1.1-1), golang-github-samuel-go-zookeeper (= 0.0~git20180130.c4fab1a-1), golang-github-scaleway-scaleway-sdk-go (= 1.0.0~beta12-1), golang-github-vultr-govultr (= 2.17.2-2), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.4.0-1), golang-go.opencensus (= 0.24.0-1), golang-go.uber-atomic (= 1.10.0-2), golang-gogoprotobuf (= 1.3.2-3), golang-golang-x-exp (= 0.0~git20221028.83b7d23-2), golang-golang-x-net (= 1:0.7.0+dfsg-1), golang-golang-x-oauth2 (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-sync (= 0.1.0-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-text (= 0.7.0-1), golang-golang-x-time (= 0.3.0-1), golang-google-api (= 0.61.0-1), golang-google-cloud (= 0.56.0-3), golang-google-genproto (= 0.0~git20200413.b5235f6-3), golang-google-grpc (= 1.33.3-2), golang-google-protobuf (= 1.28.1-3), golang-gopkg-alecthomas-kingpin.v2 (= 2.2.6-4), golang-gopkg-ini.v1 (= 1.66.2-1), golang-gopkg-yaml.v3 (= 3.0.1-3), golang-logrus (= 1.9.0-1), golang-mongodb-mongo-driver (= 1.8.4+ds1-3), golang-opentelemetry-otel (= 1.1.0-2), golang-protobuf-extensions (= 1.0.1-3), golang-testify (= 1.8.1-1), golang-uber-automaxprocs (= 1.4.0-3), golang-uber-goleak (= 1.2.0-1), golang-yaml.v2 (= 2.4.0-4), prometheus-alertmanager (= 0.25.0-1)
Tag: implemented-in::TODO, interface::web, role::program, use::analysing,
use::monitor, use::storing, works-with::TODO
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/prometheus/prometheus_2.42.0+ds-5+b5_amd64.deb
Size: 19261700
MD5sum: 6b9e0e1e2aba32057fa3143bfb6d5093
SHA256: 1f60c8c97d6383771d644ca586cd9c96942c4101cb650a43545cac13ba11aee7