How To Install nagios-plugin-check-multi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugin-check-multi on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugin-check-multi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
