How To Install gosa-plugin-nagios on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-nagios on Ubuntu 18.04. gosa-plugin-nagios is nagios plugin for GOsa²

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-nagios on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gosa-plugin-nagios

gosa-plugin-nagios is:

Nagios account settings management

GOsa² is a combination of system-administrator and end-user web interface, designed to handle LDAP based setups.

There are three methods to install gosa-plugin-nagios on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gosa-plugin-nagios Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gosa-plugin-nagios

Install gosa-plugin-nagios Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gosa-plugin-nagios

Install gosa-plugin-nagios 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gosa-plugin-nagios using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gosa-plugin-nagios

How To Uninstall gosa-plugin-nagios on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gosa-plugin-nagios package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gosa-plugin-nagios

Uninstall gosa-plugin-nagios And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gosa-plugin-nagios and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gosa-plugin-nagios

Remove gosa-plugin-nagios Configurations and Data

To remove gosa-plugin-nagios configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gosa-plugin-nagios

Remove gosa-plugin-nagios configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gosa-plugin-nagios

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-nagios package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.