How would you install Prometheus on a Linux system?

Multiple installation methods:

Binary Installation:

# Download and extract
wget https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.45.0/prometheus-2.45.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xvfz prometheus-*.tar.gz
cd prometheus-*

# Create user and directories
sudo useradd --no-create-home --shell /bin/false prometheus
sudo mkdir /etc/prometheus /var/lib/prometheus
sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /var/lib/prometheus

# Copy binaries and config
sudo cp prometheus promtool /usr/local/bin/
sudo cp -r consoles/ console_libraries/ /etc/prometheus/
sudo cp prometheus.yml /etc/prometheus/
sudo chown -R prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus/

Package Manager:

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt update && sudo apt install prometheus

# RHEL/CentOS
sudo yum install prometheus

Docker:

docker run -p 9090:9090 prom/prometheus