How To Install nut-monitor on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-monitor on Debian 10.
What is nut-monitor
nut-monitor is:
Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server monitoring system that allows computers to share uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution unit (PDU) hardware. Clients access the hardware through the server, and are notified whenever the power status changes.
This package provides nut-monitor, a GUI application to monitor UPS status.
There are three methods to install nut-monitor 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 nut-monitor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nut-monitor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nut-monitor
Install nut-monitor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nut-monitor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nut-monitor
Install nut-monitor 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 nut-monitor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nut-monitor
How To Uninstall nut-monitor on Debian 10
To uninstall only the nut-monitor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nut-monitor
Uninstall nut-monitor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nut-monitor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nut-monitor
Remove nut-monitor Configurations and Data
To remove nut-monitor configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nut-monitor
Remove nut-monitor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nut-monitor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nut-monitor
Dependencies
nut-monitor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-monitor package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.