How To Install pynag on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pynag on CentOS 7. pynag is Python modules and utilities for Nagios plugins and configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pynag on CentOS 7.

What is pynag

Python modules and utilities for pragmatically handling Nagios configuration file maintenance, status information, log file parsing and plug-in development.

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

Install pynag on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pynag using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pynag

Install pynag 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 pynag using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pynag

How To Uninstall pynag on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the pynag package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pynag

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pynag on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.