How To Install libmonitoring-availability-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmonitoring-availability-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmonitoring-availability-perl
libmonitoring-availability-perl is:
This module calculates the availability for hosts/server from given logfiles. The Logfileformat is Nagios/Icinga only.
It accepts log messages for calculation in several ways:
- Strings
- Single files
- Directories containing *.log files
- Livestatus messages (obtained through Monitoring::Livestatus)
There are three methods to install libmonitoring-availability-perl 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 libmonitoring-availability-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmonitoring-availability-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmonitoring-availability-perl
Install libmonitoring-availability-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmonitoring-availability-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmonitoring-availability-perl
Install libmonitoring-availability-perl 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 libmonitoring-availability-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmonitoring-availability-perl
How To Uninstall libmonitoring-availability-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmonitoring-availability-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmonitoring-availability-perl
Uninstall libmonitoring-availability-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmonitoring-availability-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmonitoring-availability-perl
Remove libmonitoring-availability-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libmonitoring-availability-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmonitoring-availability-perl
Remove libmonitoring-availability-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmonitoring-availability-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmonitoring-availability-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmonitoring-availability-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
