How To Install mod-gearman-worker on Debian 10

Learn how to install mod-gearman-worker on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mod-gearman-worker is Worker agent for Mod-Gearman

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod-gearman-worker on Debian 10.

What is mod-gearman-worker

mod-gearman-worker is:

The worker agent for Mod-Gearman connects to a Gearman job server, runs active Icinga/Nagios service checks, and return the results.

The worker can ask for any available check, or it can be bound to specific hostgroups or servicegroups.

There are three methods to install mod-gearman-worker on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mod-gearman-worker Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mod-gearman-worker using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mod-gearman-worker

Install mod-gearman-worker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mod-gearman-worker using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mod-gearman-worker

Install mod-gearman-worker Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mod-gearman-worker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mod-gearman-worker

How To Uninstall mod-gearman-worker on Debian 10

To uninstall only the mod-gearman-worker package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mod-gearman-worker

Uninstall mod-gearman-worker And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mod-gearman-worker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mod-gearman-worker

Remove mod-gearman-worker Configurations and Data

To remove mod-gearman-worker configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mod-gearman-worker

Remove mod-gearman-worker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mod-gearman-worker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mod-gearman-worker

Dependencies

mod-gearman-worker have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod-gearman-worker package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.