How To Install monit on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install monit on Debian 10.
What is monit
monit is:
There are three methods to install monit 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 monit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install monit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install monit
Install monit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install monit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install monit
Install monit 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 monit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install monit
How To Uninstall monit on Debian 10
To uninstall only the monit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove monit
Uninstall monit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall monit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove monit
Remove monit Configurations and Data
To remove monit configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge monit
Remove monit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove monit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monit
Dependencies
monit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install monit package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
