How To Install monitoring-plugins-common on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install monitoring-plugins-common on Debian 9. monitoring-plugins-common is Common files for plugins for nagios compatible monitoring

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install monitoring-plugins-common on Debian 9.

What is monitoring-plugins-common

monitoring-plugins-common is:

Common files for plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems like Naemon and Icinga.

This package contains common files which maybe needed for plugins.

There are three methods to install monitoring-plugins-common on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install monitoring-plugins-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install monitoring-plugins-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install monitoring-plugins-common

Install monitoring-plugins-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install monitoring-plugins-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install monitoring-plugins-common

Install monitoring-plugins-common 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 monitoring-plugins-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install monitoring-plugins-common

How To Uninstall monitoring-plugins-common on Debian 9

To uninstall only the monitoring-plugins-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove monitoring-plugins-common

Uninstall monitoring-plugins-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall monitoring-plugins-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove monitoring-plugins-common

Remove monitoring-plugins-common Configurations and Data

To remove monitoring-plugins-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge monitoring-plugins-common

Remove monitoring-plugins-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove monitoring-plugins-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monitoring-plugins-common

Dependencies

monitoring-plugins-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install monitoring-plugins-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.