How To Install monitoring-plugins-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install monitoring-plugins-common on Kali Linux.
What is monitoring-plugins-common
monitoring-plugins-common is:
Common files for plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems like Naemon and Icinga.
This package contains common files which maybe needed for plugins.
There are three methods to install monitoring-plugins-common 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 monitoring-plugins-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install monitoring-plugins-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install monitoring-plugins-commonInstall monitoring-plugins-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install monitoring-plugins-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install monitoring-plugins-commonInstall monitoring-plugins-common 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install monitoring-plugins-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install monitoring-plugins-commonHow To Uninstall monitoring-plugins-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the monitoring-plugins-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove monitoring-plugins-commonUninstall monitoring-plugins-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall monitoring-plugins-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove monitoring-plugins-commonRemove monitoring-plugins-common Configurations and Data
To remove monitoring-plugins-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge monitoring-plugins-commonRemove monitoring-plugins-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove monitoring-plugins-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monitoring-plugins-commonDependencies
monitoring-plugins-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install monitoring-plugins-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.