Why Nagios source code? Why not rpm packages?

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kalyan1709
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Why Nagios source code? Why not rpm packages?

Post by kalyan1709 »

Hi Team,

Could anyone let me know why we need to install Nagios using only source code and why not using RPM packages?
Are there any specific reason behind using tarballs?

Thanks in advance.

Regards
KalyanP
abrist
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Re: Why Nagios source code? Why not rpm packages?

Post by abrist »

Ummm, because we are upstream from the packagers? You can get rpms/debs through your favorite package manager/repo.
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