How To Install perl-Nagios-Plugin on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Nagios-Plugin on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Nagios-Plugin is Family of perl modules to streamline writing Nagios plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Nagios-Plugin on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-Nagios-Plugin

This module is deprecated in favor of Monitoring Nagios perl modules to streamline writing Nagios plugins. The main end user modules are Nagios entire Nagios providing a simpler functional interface to a useful subset of the available functionality.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Nagios-Plugin on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Nagios-Plugin.

Install perl-Nagios-Plugin on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Nagios-Plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Nagios-Plugin

Install perl-Nagios-Plugin on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Nagios-Plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Nagios-Plugin

How To Uninstall perl-Nagios-Plugin on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-Nagios-Plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Nagios-Plugin

perl-Nagios-Plugin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Nagios-Plugin
/usr/share/doc/perl-Nagios-Plugin/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Nagios-Plugin/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Nagios::Plugin.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Nagios::Plugin::Config.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Nagios::Plugin::ExitResult.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Nagios::Plugin::Functions.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Nagios::Plugin::Getopt.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Nagios::Plugin::Performance.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Nagios::Plugin::Range.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Nagios::Plugin::Threshold.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Nagios
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Nagios/Plugin
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Nagios/Plugin.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Nagios/Plugin/Config.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Nagios/Plugin/ExitResult.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Nagios/Plugin/Functions.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Nagios/Plugin/Getopt.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Nagios/Plugin/Performance.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Nagios/Plugin/Range.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Nagios/Plugin/Threshold.pm

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Nagios-Plugin on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.