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authorHolger Weiss <holger@zedat.fu-berlin.de>2014-01-11 20:20:06 (GMT)
committerHolger Weiss <holger@zedat.fu-berlin.de>2014-01-11 20:20:06 (GMT)
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Add an FAQ entry that recommends binary packages
While we provide and document our source tarball, we should clarify that we recommend using distribution-provided binary packages whenever possible.
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28* [How do I install the plugins?][installation] 28* [How do I install the plugins?][installation]
29* [Why aren't the root plugins installed?][root-plugins] 29* [Why aren't the root plugins installed?][root-plugins]
30* [Which user owns the installed plugins?][ownership] 30* [Which user owns the installed plugins?][ownership]
31* [Shouldn't I use a binary package instead?][packages]
31 32
32## Development 33## Development
33 34
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ Plugins.
55[installation]: doc/faq/installation.html 56[installation]: doc/faq/installation.html
56[root-plugins]: doc/faq/root-plugins.html 57[root-plugins]: doc/faq/root-plugins.html
57[ownership]: doc/faq/ownership.html 58[ownership]: doc/faq/ownership.html
59[packages]: doc/faq/packages.html
58[git]: doc/faq/git.html 60[git]: doc/faq/git.html
59[guidelines]: doc/faq/guidelines.html 61[guidelines]: doc/faq/guidelines.html
60[c-apis]: doc/faq/private-c-api.html 62[c-apis]: doc/faq/private-c-api.html
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1title: Binary packages
2parent: FAQ
3---
4
5# Shouldn't I use a binary package instead?
6
7Short answer: **Yes**!
8
9Slightly longer answer:
10
11Most Linux distributions and BSD projects provide binary packages of the
12Nagios Plugins. These are usually well-integrated and much easier to deploy
13and maintain, so we strongly recommend using them whenever possible.
14
15Our source tarballs and the associated documentation are primarily intended
16for package maintainers, for those users who'd like to test them, and for the
17rare occasions where using a binary package is not feasible for one reason or
18another.
19
20<!--% # vim:set filetype=markdown textwidth=78 joinspaces: # %-->