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Installing vnStat with image output in Ubuntu
Disclaimer
These instructions assume
- access to 'root' account or user with admin permissions
- use only distribution version specific instructions
- some basic Linux skills
- commands aren't copypasted blindly
- that the process is stopped in case of errors
Ubuntu 14.04 - 15.04
Open a terminal and gain root permissions
sudo -s -H
Verify that root has been gained
whoami
which should reply "root".
Install needed development packages
apt-get update apt-get install make gcc libc6-dev wget libgd3 libgd-dev
Get the latest release and extract it
cd /usr/src wget http://humdi.net/vnstat/vnstat-1.15.tar.gz tar zxvf vnstat-1.15.tar.gz
Compile and install the binaries
cd vnstat-1.15 make && make install
Install the service file and start the daemon
cp -v examples/upstart/vnstat.conf /etc/init/ initctl start vnstat
Verify that daemon process got started
pgrep -c vnstatd
which should reply "1". A reply of "0" indicates that the process has failed to start.
Ubuntu 9.10 - 13.10
Open a terminal and gain root permissions
sudo -s -H
Verify that root has been gained
whoami
which should reply "root".
Install needed development packages
apt-get update apt-get install make gcc libc6-dev wget libgd2-xpm libgd2-xpm-dev
Get the latest release and extract it
cd /usr/src wget http://humdi.net/vnstat/vnstat-1.15.tar.gz tar zxvf vnstat-1.15.tar.gz
Compile and install the binaries
cd vnstat-1.15 make all && make install
Install the service file and start the daemon
cp -v examples/upstart/vnstat.conf /etc/init/ initctl start vnstat
Verify that daemon process got started
pgrep -c vnstatd
which should reply "1". A reply of "0" indicates that the process has failed to start.
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