How To Install zabbix-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix-cli
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is zabbix-cli
zabbix-cli is:
Zabbix-cli is a terminal client for managing some Zabbix administration tasks via the zabbix-API.
There are three methods to install zabbix-cli
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 zabbix-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zabbix-cli
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zabbix-cli
Install zabbix-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zabbix-cli
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zabbix-cli
Install zabbix-cli 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 zabbix-cli
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zabbix-cli
How To Uninstall zabbix-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the zabbix-cli
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zabbix-cli
Uninstall zabbix-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zabbix-cli
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zabbix-cli
Remove zabbix-cli Configurations and Data
To remove zabbix-cli
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zabbix-cli
Remove zabbix-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zabbix-cli
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zabbix-cli
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix-cli
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.