How To Install xymon-client on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xymon-client
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is xymon-client
xymon-client is:
Client data collection package for Xymon (previously known as Hobbit).
This gathers statistics and data from a single system and reports it to the Xymon monitor. You should install this package on all systems if you have a Xymon server running.
Additional checks are available in the package hobbit-plugins.
There are three methods to install xymon-client
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 xymon-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xymon-client
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xymon-client
Install xymon-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xymon-client
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xymon-client
Install xymon-client 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 xymon-client
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xymon-client
How To Uninstall xymon-client on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the xymon-client
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xymon-client
Uninstall xymon-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xymon-client
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xymon-client
Remove xymon-client Configurations and Data
To remove xymon-client
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xymon-client
Remove xymon-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xymon-client
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xymon-client
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xymon-client
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.