How to Install and Uninstall prometheus Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "prometheus" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install prometheus on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "prometheus" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall prometheus on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: prometheus
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.0+ds-1
Built-Using: golang-1.9 (= 1.9.2-3ubuntu1), golang-github-alecthomas-units (= 0.0~git20151022.0.2efee85-3), golang-github-aws-aws-sdk-go (= 1.4.22+dfsg-1), golang-github-azure-azure-sdk-for-go (= 10.3.0~beta-1), golang-github-azure-go-autorest (= 8.3.1-1), golang-github-beorn7-perks (= 0.0~git20160804.0.4c0e845-1), golang-github-cespare-xxhash (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-cockroachdb-cmux (= 0.0~git20170110.0.30d10be-1), golang-github-dgrijalva-jwt-go-v3 (= 3.0.0+v3-1), golang-github-go-ini-ini (= 1.28.2-1), golang-github-go-kit-kit (= 0.6.0-2), golang-github-go-logfmt-logfmt (= 0.3.0-1), golang-github-go-stack-stack (= 1.5.2-2), golang-github-golang-snappy (= 0.0+git20160529.d9eb7a3-2), golang-github-gophercloud-gophercloud (= 0.0~git20170728.0.0118feec-2), golang-github-grpc-ecosystem-grpc-gateway (= 1.3.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-cleanhttp (= 0.0~git20160217.0.875fb67-1), golang-github-hashicorp-serf (= 0.8.1+git20171021.c20a0b1~ds1-4), golang-github-jmespath-go-jmespath (= 0.2.2-2), golang-github-julienschmidt-httprouter (= 1.1-2), golang-github-miekg-dns (= 0.0~git20170501.0.f282f80-2), golang-github-mwitkow-go-conntrack (= 0.0~git20161129.cc309e4-1), golang-github-nightlyone-lockfile (= 0.0~git20170804.6a197d5-1), golang-github-oklog-ulid (= 0.3.0+git20170117.66bb656-1), golang-github-opentracing-contrib-go-stdlib (= 0.0~git20170528.48e4d76-1), golang-github-opentracing-opentracing-go (= 1.0.2-1), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.8.0+git20170505.5.c605e28-1), golang-github-prometheus-client-golang (= 0.8.0-2), golang-github-prometheus-client-model (= 0.0.2+git20150212.12.fa8ad6f-2), golang-github-prometheus-common (= 0+git20180110.89604d1-1), golang-github-prometheus-tsdb (= 0.0~git20180118.467948f-1), golang-github-samuel-go-zookeeper (= 0.0~git20161029.0.1d7be4e-1), golang-gogoprotobuf (= 0.5-1), golang-golang-x-net-dev (= 1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-1ubuntu2), golang-google-cloud (= 0.9.0-3), golang-goprotobuf (= 0.0~git20170808.0.1909bc2-1ubuntu2), golang-procfs (= 0+git20170703.e645f4e-1ubuntu1), golang-protobuf-extensions (= 1.0.0-2)
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 30168
Depends: adduser, daemon | systemd-sysv, libjs-bootstrap, libjs-eonasdan-bootstrap-datetimepicker, libjs-jquery (>= 1.11.3~), libjs-jquery-hotkeys, libjs-moment, libjs-mustache (>= 2.3.0-1~), libjs-rickshaw, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: prometheus-node-exporter
Filename: pool/universe/p/prometheus/prometheus_2.1.0+ds-1_amd64.deb
Size: 7146752
MD5sum: 1027a17ad5266688b20b11d58feb95b9
SHA1: c7b178ac62d531b79bdb052f5ef2fea000ad3c20
SHA256: 5922532cdae26e192aaab12aac0e990fbcc691d5757bbb1de12fe608ec1b5bc5
Homepage: https://prometheus.io/
Description: Monitoring system and time series database
Description-md5: 7f48f84a4177e99e795f6f034f9349c3