How To Install php-icinga on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-icinga on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-icinga
php-icinga is:
Icinga Web 2 is a very modular, fast and simple web interface for your Icinga monitoring environment.
Icinga is a PHP library providing a PHP API to interact with Icinga’s data and other core parts of Icinga web 2 that may be used by modules.
This library is mainly used by Icinga Web 2 to get its data.
There are three methods to install php-icinga on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install php-icinga Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install php-icinga using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-icinga
Install php-icinga Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-icinga using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-icinga
Install php-icinga 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 php-icinga using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-icinga
How To Uninstall php-icinga on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-icinga package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-icinga
Uninstall php-icinga And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-icinga and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-icinga
Remove php-icinga Configurations and Data
To remove php-icinga configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-icinga
Remove php-icinga configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-icinga configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-icinga
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-icinga package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
