How To Install xymon on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xymon on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xymon
xymon is:
Xymon (previously called Hobbit) is a network- and applications- monitoring system designed for use in large-scale networks. But it will also work just fine on a small network with just a few nodes. It is low-overhead and high-performance, with an easy to use web front-end.
Network services are monitored remotely. Machine health and statistics are monitored through a locally installed client package (xymon-client). Additional (remote as well as local) checks are available in the package hobbit-plugins.
Alerts can trigger when monitoring detects a problem, resulting in e-mails or calls to your pager or mobile phone.
Xymon has a great deal of inspiration from the non-free Big Brother package, but does not include any Big Brother code.
There are three methods to install xymon 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 xymon 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xymon
Install xymon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xymon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xymon
Install xymon 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xymon
How To Uninstall xymon on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xymon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xymon
Uninstall xymon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xymon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xymon
Remove xymon Configurations and Data
To remove xymon configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xymon
Remove xymon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xymon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xymon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xymon package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
