How To Install nagios-plugins-basic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-basic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nagios-plugins-basic
nagios-plugins-basic is:
This dummy package is provided to support the transition from nagios-plugins-basic to monitoring-plugins-basic and should be removed afterwards.
There are three methods to install nagios-plugins-basic 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-plugins-basic 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-plugins-basic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nagios-plugins-basic
Install nagios-plugins-basic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nagios-plugins-basic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nagios-plugins-basic
Install nagios-plugins-basic 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-plugins-basic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nagios-plugins-basic
How To Uninstall nagios-plugins-basic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nagios-plugins-basic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nagios-plugins-basic
Uninstall nagios-plugins-basic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nagios-plugins-basic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagios-plugins-basic
Remove nagios-plugins-basic Configurations and Data
To remove nagios-plugins-basic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nagios-plugins-basic
Remove nagios-plugins-basic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nagios-plugins-basic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagios-plugins-basic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-basic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
