How To Install libmonitoring-plugin-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmonitoring-plugin-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libmonitoring-plugin-perl

libmonitoring-plugin-perl is:

Monitoring::Plugin and its associated Monitoring::Plugin::* modules are a family of perl modules to streamline writing Monitoring plugins. The main end user modules are Monitoring::Plugin, providing an object-oriented interface to the entire Monitoring::Plugin::* collection, and Monitoring::Plugin::Functions, providing a simpler functional interface to a useful subset of the available functionality.

The purpose of the collection is to make it as simple as possible for developers to create plugins that conform the Monitoring Plugin guidelines (https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/doc/guidelines.html).

There are three methods to install libmonitoring-plugin-perl on Kali Linux. 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-plugin-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-plugin-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmonitoring-plugin-perl

Install libmonitoring-plugin-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmonitoring-plugin-perl

Install libmonitoring-plugin-perl Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmonitoring-plugin-perl

How To Uninstall libmonitoring-plugin-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmonitoring-plugin-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmonitoring-plugin-perl

Uninstall libmonitoring-plugin-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmonitoring-plugin-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmonitoring-plugin-perl

Remove libmonitoring-plugin-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libmonitoring-plugin-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmonitoring-plugin-perl

Remove libmonitoring-plugin-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmonitoring-plugin-perl

Dependencies

libmonitoring-plugin-perl have the following dependencies:

• libclass-accessor-perl
• libconfig-tiny-perl
• libmath-calc-units-perl
• libparams-validate-perl
• perl

References

• libmonitoring-plugin-perl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmonitoring-plugin-perl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.