How To Install nagios-nrpe-plugin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-nrpe-plugin on Kali Linux.

What is nagios-nrpe-plugin

nagios-nrpe-plugin is:

Nagios is a host/service/network monitoring and management system.

The purpose of this addon is to allow you to execute Nagios plugins on a remote host in as transparent a manner as possible.

This is a plugin that is run on the Nagios host and is used to contact the NRPE process on remote hosts.

There are three methods to install nagios-nrpe-plugin 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 nagios-nrpe-plugin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nagios-nrpe-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nagios-nrpe-plugin

Install nagios-nrpe-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nagios-nrpe-plugin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nagios-nrpe-plugin

Install nagios-nrpe-plugin 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install nagios-nrpe-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nagios-nrpe-plugin

How To Uninstall nagios-nrpe-plugin on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nagios-nrpe-plugin

Uninstall nagios-nrpe-plugin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nagios-nrpe-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagios-nrpe-plugin

Remove nagios-nrpe-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove nagios-nrpe-plugin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nagios-nrpe-plugin

Remove nagios-nrpe-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nagios-nrpe-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagios-nrpe-plugin

Dependencies

nagios-nrpe-plugin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libssl1.1

References

• nagios-nrpe-plugin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-nrpe-plugin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.