How To Install perl-Nagios-Plugin on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Nagios-Plugin on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Nagios-Plugin

Nagios family of perl modules to streamline writing Nagios plugins. The main end user modules are Nagios object-oriented interface to the entire Nagios collection, and Nagios functional interface to a useful subset of the available functionality.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Nagios-Plugin on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Nagios-Plugin.

Install perl-Nagios-Plugin on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Nagios-Plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Nagios-Plugin

Install perl-Nagios-Plugin on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Nagios-Plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Nagios-Plugin

How To Uninstall perl-Nagios-Plugin on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-Nagios-Plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Nagios-Plugin

References

• perl-Nagios-Plugin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Nagios-Plugin on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.