How To Install monitoring-plugins-systemd on Debian 12

Learn how to install monitoring-plugins-systemd on Debian 12 with this tutorial. monitoring-plugins-systemd is systemd plugin for nagios compatible monitoring systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install monitoring-plugins-systemd on Debian 12.

What is monitoring-plugins-systemd

monitoring-plugins-systemd is:

This systemd check for nagios compatible monitoring systems will report a degraded systemd to your monitoring solution. It can also be used to monitor individual systemd services and timers units.

There are three methods to install monitoring-plugins-systemd on Debian 12. 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-systemd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install monitoring-plugins-systemd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install monitoring-plugins-systemd

Install monitoring-plugins-systemd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install monitoring-plugins-systemd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install monitoring-plugins-systemd

Install monitoring-plugins-systemd 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install monitoring-plugins-systemd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install monitoring-plugins-systemd

How To Uninstall monitoring-plugins-systemd on Debian 12

To uninstall only the monitoring-plugins-systemd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove monitoring-plugins-systemd

Uninstall monitoring-plugins-systemd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall monitoring-plugins-systemd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove monitoring-plugins-systemd

Remove monitoring-plugins-systemd Configurations and Data

To remove monitoring-plugins-systemd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge monitoring-plugins-systemd

Remove monitoring-plugins-systemd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove monitoring-plugins-systemd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monitoring-plugins-systemd

Dependencies

monitoring-plugins-systemd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install monitoring-plugins-systemd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.