How to Install and Uninstall nsca Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "nsca" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install nsca on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nsca
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nsca" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall nsca on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: nsca
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 133
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Nagios Maintainer Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.1-3.1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libmcrypt4, debconf (>> 0.5) | debconf-2.0, nsca-client, confget
Suggests: nagios3, nagios-plugins-basic | nagios-plugins
Filename: pool/universe/n/nsca/nsca_2.9.1-3.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 26992
MD5sum: 2c6691ea1e26794a6967c97cf321768a
SHA1: 5e4982e3a7e93c4b1bccd1103d649b3bb9f24e9a
SHA256: 4f13e1f8ce02b3b0854ee7f2570c5de87819fd2054c5a8175f4508bf400a908c
Description-en: Nagios service monitor agent
This addon allows you to send service check results to a central
monitoring server running Nagios in a reasonably secure manner.
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Nagios is a monitoring and management system for hosts, services and
networks.
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Nagios' features include:
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- 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.)
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Nagios was written in C and is designed to be easy to understand and modify
to fit your own needs.
Description-md5: 016d2968e47ea354efa57ff7f55e2bc0
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu