How To Install nagios-images on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-images on Ubuntu.
What is nagios-images
nagios-images is:
nagios-images contains an assortment of dfsg-free images and icons for use in the web frontend of the nagios system.
Nagios is a host/service/network monitoring and management system. It has the following features:
- Monitoring of network services (via TCP port, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, PING, etc.)
- Plugin interface to allow for user-developed service checks
- Contact notifications when problems occur and get resolved (via email, pager, or user-defined method)
- Ability to define event handlers to be run during service or host events (for proactive problem resolution)
- Web output (current status, notifications, problem history, log file, etc.)
There are three methods to install nagios-images on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nagios-images Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nagios-images using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nagios-images
Install nagios-images Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nagios-images using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nagios-images
Install nagios-images 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 nagios-images using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nagios-images
How To Uninstall nagios-images on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the nagios-images package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nagios-images
Uninstall nagios-images And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nagios-images and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagios-images
Remove nagios-images Configurations and Data
To remove nagios-images configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nagios-images
Remove nagios-images configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nagios-images configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagios-images
Dependencies
nagios-images have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-images package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.