How To Install mirmon on Debian 10

Learn how to install mirmon on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mirmon is monitor the state of mirrors

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mirmon on Debian 10.

What is mirmon

mirmon is:

Mirmon helps administrators in keeping an eye on the mirror sites. In a concise graphic format, mirmon shows each site’s status history of the last two weeks. It is easy to spot stale or dead mirrors.

There are three methods to install mirmon 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 mirmon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mirmon

Install mirmon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mirmon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mirmon

Install mirmon 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 mirmon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mirmon

How To Uninstall mirmon on Debian 10

To uninstall only the mirmon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mirmon

Uninstall mirmon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mirmon

Remove mirmon Configurations and Data

To remove mirmon configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mirmon

Remove mirmon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mirmon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mirmon

Dependencies

mirmon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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