How To Install nagios4-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios4-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04. nagios4-dbg is debugging symbols and debug stuff for nagios4

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios4-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.

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.) Build-Ids: 083d70dcc32128e689e61e70b8381ef48d56646d 0a99886da606cb3f46e87066df1a7b2e017122c4 1934cba060f42ebbb98388d58080c420a192c79e 28a6821c8d3bfcc224959b491378cc981aeb8582 33521179187abe4f38bec7489ed9aff190ecfc7b 39e09e5cb92024e856ecf72df73233a4943ca980 47b414a2108e4c380354ca70b3ecb20e3104b57e 49fdb92b3099beccafd44e974c7f53748d0b92e9 65a8f5359508118465f6cae551bd1382fa3d3132 6881bbfd954ae195920fc48593dea3dd966fbf74 6a9d4beb4e1a689a5bd7b482b1a050bd47cd1b8c 85d6add799784a80a488a92de23d1a5a1db2b12f a235a1f18efda884c0fc4ba6f86fbb84a5c090b1 a9af1c0eb67fc9054bd9bbb694b4675af3688c34 a9e5da5329087212ab43c69c027004f9176929d9 b06c282e86476cda67e6da3311d1266f434d337e c2b6bb116851b4e455a0ce0f9093722464f79a9a dcbec2ff51eca502742d3563983a0f99cae9bc4f e4efce62d8e1d54bc0f08b0bf44c9ffc4aeeb67a eb9c01b45973f9740b5d1cb18e8660b8291fc37d f5e30fcb5e3eee63ae1f80227d8c3f29c45f9865

There are three methods to install nagios4-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios4-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.