How To Install nagcon on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagcon on Ubuntu 22.04. nagcon is console application interfacing to Nagios

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagcon on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is nagcon

nagcon is:

Nagcon is a console application interfacing to Nagios which gives you an overview of all services with troubled services.

There are three methods to install nagcon 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 nagcon Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nagcon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nagcon

Install nagcon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nagcon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nagcon

Install nagcon 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 nagcon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nagcon

How To Uninstall nagcon on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove nagcon

Uninstall nagcon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nagcon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagcon

Remove nagcon Configurations and Data

To remove nagcon configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nagcon

Remove nagcon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nagcon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagcon

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagcon package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.