How To Install rt4-extension-nagios on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rt4-extension-nagios on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rt4-extension-nagios
rt4-extension-nagios is:
Nagios http://www.nagios.org is a monitoring system that enables organizations to identify and resolve IT infrastructure problems.
This extension allows email alerts generated by Nagios to be aggregated and resolved as it generates them. It does this by examining the standard subject line that Nagios generates.
There are three methods to install rt4-extension-nagios 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 rt4-extension-nagios Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rt4-extension-nagios using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rt4-extension-nagios
Install rt4-extension-nagios Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rt4-extension-nagios using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rt4-extension-nagios
Install rt4-extension-nagios 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 rt4-extension-nagios using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rt4-extension-nagios
How To Uninstall rt4-extension-nagios on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rt4-extension-nagios package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rt4-extension-nagios
Uninstall rt4-extension-nagios And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rt4-extension-nagios and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rt4-extension-nagios
Remove rt4-extension-nagios Configurations and Data
To remove rt4-extension-nagios configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rt4-extension-nagios
Remove rt4-extension-nagios configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rt4-extension-nagios configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rt4-extension-nagios
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rt4-extension-nagios package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
