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:
References
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
.