How To Install octopussy on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octopussy on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is octopussy
octopussy is:
Octopussy is a log analyzer, alerter & reporter with Web interface. It has the following features:
- LDAP support for Octopussy Users & Contacts
- Send alerts by email, IM(Jabber), NSCA(Nagios) & Zabbix_sender
- Export reports by Email, FTP & SCP
- Create map to show your architecture
- Input & output plugins for reports
- Reports scheduling
- Syslog activity graphs
- Wide range of service support
- Wizard to easily create new Message/Service definitions for unrecognized logs
- Online updates for services, tables & multilanguage
- Multilanguage support
- Themable interface & report
There are three methods to install octopussy on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install octopussy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octopussy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octopussy
Install octopussy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octopussy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octopussy
Install octopussy 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 octopussy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octopussy
How To Uninstall octopussy on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the octopussy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octopussy
Uninstall octopussy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octopussy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octopussy
Remove octopussy Configurations and Data
To remove octopussy configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octopussy
Remove octopussy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octopussy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octopussy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octopussy package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
