How to Install and Uninstall monitoring-plugins-basic Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "monitoring-plugins-basic" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install monitoring-plugins-basic on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "monitoring-plugins-basic" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall monitoring-plugins-basic on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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3. Information about the monitoring-plugins-basic package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: monitoring-plugins-basic
Priority: extra
Section: net
Installed-Size: 1952
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Nagios Maintainer Group
Architecture: amd64
Source: monitoring-plugins
Version: 2.1.2-2ubuntu2
Replaces: nagios-plugins-basic (<< 1.5-4~)
Depends: iputils-ping, monitoring-plugins-common, procps, ucf, libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0)
Recommends: libcap2-bin
Suggests: icinga | icinga | nagios3
Breaks: nagios-plugins-basic (<< 1.5-4~)
Filename: pool/main/m/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins-basic_2.1.2-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 238492
MD5sum: 4377e3ef99465f79ef63be2105c33f9d
SHA1: 7f8762dbe52fff688c522fc2a0ef6d611a38c77f
SHA256: 93fe20f81d3683b4166519ac121a81020fa7b4929d20a4be5661f1c9e1134548
Description-en: Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems (basic)
Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems like Naemon and Icinga. It
contains the following plugins:
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check_apt, check_by_ssh, check_clamd, check_cluster,
check_dhcp, check_disk, check_dummy, check_file_age,
check_ftp, check_host, check_http, check_icmp,
check_ide_smart, check_imap, check_ircd, check_jabber,
check_load, check_log, check_mrtg, check_mrtgtraf,
check_nagios, check_nntp, check_nntps, check_nt,
check_ntp, check_ntp_peer, check_ntp_time, check_nwstat,
check_overcr, check_ping, check_pop, check_procs,
check_real, check_rta_multi, check_sensors, check_simap,
check_smtp, check_spop, check_ssh, check_ssmtp,
check_swap, check_tcp, check_time, check_udp,
check_ups, check_users
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This package provides a basic set of plugins with minimal external
dependencies. It is not likely to be useful by itself unless you are
using a remote "satellite" system (using nagios-nrpe-server, check_by_ssh or
nsca, for example).
Description-md5: 0ebf82c1421b961a4c00adda72f8022b
Homepage: https://www.monitoring-plugins.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y