How To Install nagstamon on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagstamon on Debian 9.
What is nagstamon
nagstamon is:
Nagstamon is a Nagios status monitor which takes place in systray or on desktop (GNOME, KDE) as floating statusbar to inform you in realtime about the status of your Nagios and some of its derivatives monitored network. It allows one to connect to multiple Nagios, Icinga, Opsview, Centreon, Op5Monitor, Check_MK Multisite, Thruk, Zabbix and Zenoss servers. Events could be handled by instant access to failed hosts/services.
There are three methods to install nagstamon on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nagstamon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nagstamon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nagstamon
Install nagstamon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nagstamon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nagstamon
Install nagstamon 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 nagstamon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nagstamon
How To Uninstall nagstamon on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nagstamon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nagstamon
Uninstall nagstamon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nagstamon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagstamon
Remove nagstamon Configurations and Data
To remove nagstamon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nagstamon
Remove nagstamon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nagstamon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagstamon
Dependencies
nagstamon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagstamon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.