How To Install nagios-devel on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-devel in AlmaLinux 8. nagios-devel is Provides include files that Nagios-related applications may compile against

Introduction

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

What is nagios-devel

Nagios is a program that will monitor hosts and services on your network. It has the ability to email or page you when a problem arises and when a problem is resolved. Nagios is written in C and is designed to run under Linux (and some other *NIX variants) as a background process, intermittently running checks on various services that you specify. This package provides include files that Nagios-related applications may compile against.

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

Install nagios-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nagios-devel

Install nagios-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nagios-devel

How To Uninstall nagios-devel on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nagios-devel

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Summary

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