How To Install mcollective-plugins-nrpe on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-nrpe on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mcollective-plugins-nrpe
mcollective-plugins-nrpe is:
The mcollective plugin for NRPE enables mcollective to communicate with the NRPE addons running on deployed nodes. It Runs NRPE commands using MCollective as transport.
There are three methods to install mcollective-plugins-nrpe 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 mcollective-plugins-nrpe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-nrpe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-plugins-nrpe
Install mcollective-plugins-nrpe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-nrpe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mcollective-plugins-nrpe
Install mcollective-plugins-nrpe 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 mcollective-plugins-nrpe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-plugins-nrpe
How To Uninstall mcollective-plugins-nrpe on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mcollective-plugins-nrpe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mcollective-plugins-nrpe
Uninstall mcollective-plugins-nrpe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mcollective-plugins-nrpe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcollective-plugins-nrpe
Remove mcollective-plugins-nrpe Configurations and Data
To remove mcollective-plugins-nrpe configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-plugins-nrpe
Remove mcollective-plugins-nrpe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mcollective-plugins-nrpe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-plugins-nrpe
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-nrpe package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
