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