How To Install nagios4-dbg on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios4-dbg on Debian 10.
What is nagios4-dbg
nagios4-dbg is:
Nagios is a monitoring and management system for hosts, services and networks. The package contains the debug symbols for nagios4.
Nagios’ features include:
- Monitoring of network services (via TCP port, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, PING, etc.)
- Plugin interface to allow for user-developed service checks
- Contact notifications when problems occur and get resolved (via email, pager, or user-defined method)
- Ability to define event handlers to be run during service or host events (for proactive problem resolution)
- Web output (current status, notifications, problem history, log file, etc.)
There are three methods to install nagios4-dbg on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nagios4-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nagios4-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nagios4-dbg
Install nagios4-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nagios4-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nagios4-dbg
Install nagios4-dbg 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nagios4-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nagios4-dbg
How To Uninstall nagios4-dbg on Debian 10
To uninstall only the nagios4-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nagios4-dbg
Uninstall nagios4-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nagios4-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagios4-dbg
Remove nagios4-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove nagios4-dbg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nagios4-dbg
Remove nagios4-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nagios4-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagios4-dbg
Dependencies
nagios4-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios4-dbg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.