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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "nagios-plugins-common" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install nagios-plugins-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall nagios-plugins-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: nagios-plugins-common
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 39
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Nagios Maintainer Group
Architecture: all
Source: monitoring-plugins
Version: 2.1.2-2ubuntu2
Replaces: nagios-plugins-basic (<= 1.4.15-5)
Depends: monitoring-plugins-common
Filename: pool/universe/m/monitoring-plugins/nagios-plugins-common_2.1.2-2ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 6206
MD5sum: c728632b7b8e275bc269f83893a7ca16
SHA1: 0f335bef25611015b31f51f9c54ba00d6bfb718e
SHA256: 2714e6522f387c3608422d1226a8b665e73eb2fcfc008ba30d225fb98236f759
Description-en: transitional dummy package
This dummy package is provided to support the transition from
nagios-plugins-common to monitoring-plugins-common and should be removed
afterwards.
Description-md5: 8b8aedbaa9ff63098752fdbc419f370d
Homepage: https://www.monitoring-plugins.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu