How To Install nagios-plugins-standard on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-standard on Debian 9. nagios-plugins-standard is transitional dummy package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-standard on Debian 9.

What is nagios-plugins-standard

nagios-plugins-standard is:

This dummy package is provided to support the transition from nagios-plugins-standard to monitoring-plugins-standard and should be removed afterwards.

There are three methods to install nagios-plugins-standard 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-standard 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-standard using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nagios-plugins-standard

Install nagios-plugins-standard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nagios-plugins-standard

Install nagios-plugins-standard 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-standard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nagios-plugins-standard

How To Uninstall nagios-plugins-standard on Debian 9

To uninstall only the nagios-plugins-standard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nagios-plugins-standard

Uninstall nagios-plugins-standard And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagios-plugins-standard

Remove nagios-plugins-standard Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nagios-plugins-standard

Remove nagios-plugins-standard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagios-plugins-standard

Dependencies

nagios-plugins-standard have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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