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why there is no nagios package in debian

I was trying to install nagios on a debian 9 test box today and i noticed that there is no package available.

Strange thing is that there are packages for nagios plugins but not nagios-core it self.

Code:

root@master:/usr/local/nagios/etc# apt-cache search "^nagios"

fusiondirectory-plugin-nagios - nagios plugin for FusionDirectory

gosa-plugin-nagios - nagios plugin for GOsa²

mod-gearman-module - Nagios/Icinga event broker module for Mod-Gearman

nagios-plugins - transitional dummy package (nagios-plugins to monitoring-plugins)

nagios-plugins-basic - transitional dummy package

nagios-plugins-common - transitional dummy package

nagios-plugins-standard - transitional dummy package

nagios-check-xmppng - monitoring plugin to check XMPP servers

nagios-images - Collection of images and icons for the nagios system

nagios-nrpe-plugin - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Plugin

nagios-nrpe-server - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Server

nagios-plugin-check-multi - run nagios checks as a group

nagios-plugins-contrib - Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems

nagios-snmp-plugins - SNMP Plugins for nagios

nagstamon - Nagios status monitor which takes place in systray or on desktop

nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins - Nagios plugins for ARC

nsca - Nagios service monitor agent

nsca-client - Nagios service monitor agent - client package

1. Since debian has one of the best package repos (in volume ), how come there is no package for nagios?
2. Why there are packages for plugin but not for nagios?
3. What does transitional dummy package is?

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by tripialos (Post 5855021)

I was trying to install nagios on a debian 9 test box today and i noticed that there is no package available.

Strange thing is that there are packages for nagios plugins but not nagios-core it self.

Code:

root@master:/usr/local/nagios/etc# apt-cache search "^nagios"

fusiondirectory-plugin-nagios - nagios plugin for FusionDirectory

gosa-plugin-nagios - nagios plugin for GOsa²

mod-gearman-module - Nagios/Icinga event broker module for Mod-Gearman

nagios-plugins - transitional dummy package (nagios-plugins to monitoring-plugins)

nagios-plugins-basic - transitional dummy package

nagios-plugins-common - transitional dummy package

nagios-plugins-standard - transitional dummy package

nagios-check-xmppng - monitoring plugin to check XMPP servers

nagios-images - Collection of images and icons for the nagios system

nagios-nrpe-plugin - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Plugin

nagios-nrpe-server - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Server

nagios-plugin-check-multi - run nagios checks as a group

nagios-plugins-contrib - Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems

nagios-snmp-plugins - SNMP Plugins for nagios

nagstamon - Nagios status monitor which takes place in systray or on desktop

nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins - Nagios plugins for ARC

nsca - Nagios service monitor agent

nsca-client - Nagios service monitor agent - client package

Try something like this:

Code:

apt-cache search nagios|grep -i core

on my system it lists nagios3-core as a candidate.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wpeckham (Post 5855249)

Try something like this:

Code:

apt-cache search nagios|grep -i core

on my system it lists nagios3-core as a candidate.

Thanks for the reply wpeckham. What version of debian are you using? Mine only lists icinga-core but not nagios.

Code:

root@master:~# apt-cache search nagios |grep core

collectd-core - statistics collection and monitoring daemon (core system)

icinga-core - host and network monitoring system - core files

uwsgi-core - fast, self-healing application container server (core)

Mine is a hybrid system and may not reflect what is in the standard repos alone. I did find a page that might be useful if you cannot attach to a repo with Nagios core: https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/...3-on-debian-9/. It may go into somewhat more detail than you need, but should prove useful.

The documentation states nagios3 was removed from stretch and recommends icinga instead:

https://www.debian.org/releases/stab...formation.html

This document shows how to install nagios on Debian 9 from nagios.com

https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/...3-on-debian-9/