How To Install nagios-common on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-common in AlmaLinux 8. nagios-common is Provides common directories, uid and gid among nagios-related packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-common on AlmaLinux 8.

What is nagios-common

Provides common directories, uid and gid among nagios-related packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install nagios-common on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nagios-common.

Install nagios-common on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nagios-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nagios-common

Install nagios-common on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nagios-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nagios-common

How To Uninstall nagios-common on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the nagios-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nagios-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-common on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.