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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nagios-nrpe-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nagios-nrpe-pluginInstall nagios-nrpe-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nagios-nrpe-plugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nagios-nrpe-pluginInstall 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nagios-nrpe-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nagios-nrpe-pluginHow 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-pluginUninstall 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-pluginRemove 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-pluginRemove 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-pluginDependencies
nagios-nrpe-plugin have the following dependencies:
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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.
