How To Install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 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 zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 on Ubuntu.

What is `zabbix-proxy-sqlite3`

zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 is:

Zabbix is a server/client network monitoring system with many features. It can be used for:

high level monitoring of IT services;
centralized monitoring of your servers and applications;
monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices;
performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.);
data visualization.

This package provides the software needed to integrate a host as a Zabbix proxy. It collects information from Zabbix agents, temporarily stores it in an SQLite3 database and then passes it to a Zabbix server.

There are three methods to install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 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 zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 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-proxy-sqlite3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3

Install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3

Install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 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-proxy-sqlite3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3

How To Uninstall zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zabbix-proxy-sqlite3

Uninstall zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zabbix-proxy-sqlite3

Remove zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 Configurations and Data

To remove zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zabbix-proxy-sqlite3

Remove zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zabbix-proxy-sqlite3

Dependencies

zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 have the following dependencies:

References

zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.