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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "nagios-plugins" package

This guide let you learn how to install nagios-plugins on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nagios-plugins
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nagios-plugins" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall nagios-plugins on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nagios-plugins
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nagios-plugins package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: nagios-plugins
Priority: extra
Section: net
Installed-Size: 39
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Nagios Maintainer Group
Architecture: all
Source: monitoring-plugins
Version: 2.1.2-2ubuntu2
Depends: monitoring-plugins
Filename: pool/main/m/monitoring-plugins/nagios-plugins_2.1.2-2ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 3900
MD5sum: e746c1c79ac71babca313076f8d769c3
SHA1: 1f3cc1d3a802a1b1d69e6b9e7966d3d292b4423c
SHA256: c8aa03f43bb71d8e498a9e66eccf46b071fad2ef5b8f9dbf38fccb35193336bf
Description-en: transitional dummy package (nagios-plugins to monitoring-plugins)
This dummy package is provided to support the transition from
nagios-plugins to monitoring-plugins and should be removed afterwards.
Description-md5: fda37d0a9f01f8bf8947bb201c56d264
Homepage: https://www.monitoring-plugins.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y