How To Install libnagios-object-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnagios-object-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libnagios-object-perl

libnagios-object-perl is:

Nagios::Object is a group of modules for parsing a Nagios configuration and providing an object representation in Perl. It has support for inheriting from templates and the structure is kept in tact within the Perl representation.

Nagios::StatusLog reads the Nagios status log and returns Status objects which can be used to get status information about a host.

Nagios::Config creates a new Nagios::Config object, which will parse a Nagios main configuration file and all of it’s object configuration files.

There are three methods to install libnagios-object-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 libnagios-object-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 libnagios-object-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnagios-object-perl

Install libnagios-object-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnagios-object-perl

Install libnagios-object-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 libnagios-object-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnagios-object-perl

How To Uninstall libnagios-object-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnagios-object-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnagios-object-perl

Uninstall libnagios-object-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnagios-object-perl

Remove libnagios-object-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libnagios-object-perl

Remove libnagios-object-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnagios-object-perl

Dependencies

libnagios-object-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libnagios-object-perl website

Summary

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