How To Install nagios-plugins-standard on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-standard on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nagios-plugins-standard
nagios-plugins-standard is:
This dummy package is provided to support the transition from nagios-plugins-standard to monitoring-plugins-standard and should be removed afterwards.
There are three methods to install nagios-plugins-standard 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-standard 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-standard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nagios-plugins-standard
Install nagios-plugins-standard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nagios-plugins-standard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nagios-plugins-standard
Install nagios-plugins-standard 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-standard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nagios-plugins-standard
How To Uninstall nagios-plugins-standard on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nagios-plugins-standard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nagios-plugins-standard
Uninstall nagios-plugins-standard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nagios-plugins-standard 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-standard
Remove nagios-plugins-standard Configurations and Data
To remove nagios-plugins-standard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nagios-plugins-standard
Remove nagios-plugins-standard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nagios-plugins-standard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagios-plugins-standard
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-standard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
