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32Q: I'm using Redhat Linux (or some other RPM-based distribution).
33 Which packages should I install?
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35A: The package monitoring-plugins-<version>.<arch>.rpm contains only
36 those plugins that should work on any POSIX compliant system. In
37 other words, you should be able to install this package on your
38 system, no matter what else is or in not installed.
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40 However, most of us have more complex systems than barebones
41 POSIX. We tried creating a variety of separate packages so
42 each dependency could be installed cleanly, but many people
43 found that this resulted in too many packages. So in the end,
44 all the non-POSIX plugins were folded into one RPM
45 (monitoring-plugins-<version>.<arch>.rpm). Most people will need to
46 use RPM's '--nodeps' option to install this package.
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49Q: My system uses the .deb package format. What packages should I
50 install?
51
52A: We strive for cooperation between all packagers and developers.
53 The answers for .deb are the same as for RPM, after changing the
54 package name suffixes accordingly.
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57Q: I prefer to build my own RPMs. Do I need to install all of the
58 various dependencies?
59
60A: Beginning with the 1.2.9-1 release, you may run
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62 rpm --define 'custom 1' -ta monitoring-plugins-<release>.tar.gz
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64 In prior releases, you must unpack the tarball and build the
65 RPM using monitoring-custom.spec with 'rpm -ba'.
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68Q: I get an error like 32Q: I get an error like
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70 Warning: Return code of 127 for check of service 'PING' on host 'anyhost' was out of bounds. 34 Warning: Return code of 127 for check of service 'PING' on host 'anyhost' was out of bounds.