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

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "prometheus-blackbox-exporter" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install prometheus-blackbox-exporter on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "prometheus-blackbox-exporter" package

Learn how to uninstall prometheus-blackbox-exporter on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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3. Information about the prometheus-blackbox-exporter package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: prometheus-blackbox-exporter
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.11.0+ds-4
Built-Using: golang-1.9 (= 1.9.2-3ubuntu1), golang-github-alecthomas-units (= 0.0~git20151022.0.2efee85-3), golang-github-beorn7-perks (= 0.0~git20160804.0.4c0e845-1), 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-miekg-dns (= 0.0~git20170501.0.f282f80-2), 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+git20171117.2e54d0b-1), golang-golang-x-net-dev (= 1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-1ubuntu2), golang-gopkg-alecthomas-kingpin.v2 (= 2.2.3-2), golang-goprotobuf (= 0.0~git20170808.0.1909bc2-1ubuntu2), golang-procfs (= 0+git20170703.e645f4e-1ubuntu1), golang-protobuf-extensions (= 1.0.0-2), golang-yaml.v2 (= 0.0+git20170407.0.cd8b52f-1ubuntu2)
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 8929
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/p/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/prometheus-blackbox-exporter_0.11.0+ds-4_amd64.deb
Size: 2455280
MD5sum: cbcb35b5d318b0b874ab4969cbe7db27
SHA1: 51840705083e99d45b29f09a2eca998120dbf38d
SHA256: 7157408edef940c7e874a8cb90e0333c9b34d089afffb9e170e073178f6acb71
Homepage: https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter
Description: Blackbox prober for Prometheus
Description-md5: c83420bb0f657233c14858be76c61e15