How To Install nagstamon on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagstamon on Kali Linux.

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, Checkmk 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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagstamon

Remove nagstamon Configurations and Data

To remove nagstamon configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• python3

References

• nagstamon website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagstamon package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.