How To Install nagios-plugin-check-multi on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is nagios-plugin-check-multi

nagios-plugin-check-multi is:

check_multi is a multi purpose wrapper plugin which takes benefit of the Nagios/Icinga capability to display multiple lines of plugin output. It calls multiple child plugins and displays their output in the long_plugin_output. A summary is given in the standard plugin output. The child return code with the highest severity becomes the parent (check_multi) plugin return code.

There are three methods to install nagios-plugin-check-multi 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-plugin-check-multi 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-plugin-check-multi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nagios-plugin-check-multi

Install nagios-plugin-check-multi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nagios-plugin-check-multi

Install nagios-plugin-check-multi 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-plugin-check-multi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nagios-plugin-check-multi

How To Uninstall nagios-plugin-check-multi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nagios-plugin-check-multi

Uninstall nagios-plugin-check-multi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagios-plugin-check-multi

Remove nagios-plugin-check-multi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nagios-plugin-check-multi

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagios-plugin-check-multi

Dependencies

nagios-plugin-check-multi have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• nagios-plugin-check-multi website

Summary

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