How To Install nagcon on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagcon on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nagcon
nagcon is:
Nagcon is a console application interfacing to Nagios which gives you an overview of all services with troubled services.
There are three methods to install nagcon 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 nagcon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nagcon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nagcon
Install nagcon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nagcon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nagcon
Install nagcon 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 nagcon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nagcon
How To Uninstall nagcon on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nagcon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nagcon
Uninstall nagcon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nagcon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagcon
Remove nagcon Configurations and Data
To remove nagcon configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nagcon
Remove nagcon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nagcon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagcon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagcon package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.