How To Install nagios-plugins-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-common on Debian 9.
What is nagios-plugins-common
nagios-plugins-common is:
This dummy package is provided to support the transition from nagios-plugins-common to monitoring-plugins-common and should be removed afterwards.
There are three methods to install nagios-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 nagios-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 nagios-plugins-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nagios-plugins-common
Install nagios-plugins-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nagios-plugins-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nagios-plugins-common
Install nagios-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 nagios-plugins-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nagios-plugins-common
How To Uninstall nagios-plugins-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nagios-plugins-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nagios-plugins-common
Uninstall nagios-plugins-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nagios-plugins-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagios-plugins-common
Remove nagios-plugins-common Configurations and Data
To remove nagios-plugins-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nagios-plugins-common
Remove nagios-plugins-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nagios-plugins-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagios-plugins-common
Dependencies
nagios-plugins-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
