How To Install mod-gearman-module on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod-gearman-module on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mod-gearman-module
mod-gearman-module is:
Event broker module for Icinga/Nagios. This module adds servicechecks, hostchecks and eventhandlers to a queue on a Gearman job server.
There can be multiple equal Gearman job servers.
There are three methods to install mod-gearman-module 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 mod-gearman-module Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mod-gearman-module using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mod-gearman-module
Install mod-gearman-module Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mod-gearman-module using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mod-gearman-module
Install mod-gearman-module 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 mod-gearman-module using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mod-gearman-module
How To Uninstall mod-gearman-module on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mod-gearman-module package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mod-gearman-module
Uninstall mod-gearman-module And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mod-gearman-module and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mod-gearman-module
Remove mod-gearman-module Configurations and Data
To remove mod-gearman-module configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mod-gearman-module
Remove mod-gearman-module configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mod-gearman-module configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mod-gearman-module
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod-gearman-module package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
