[Nagiosplug-help] Using Nagios for the first time!!!

[Kaushal Patel]

Hello All,
I am a Masters student in Electrical Engg. And I am working on a
masters project which involves use of Nagios. To be more precise, I'll
be working on Esensors' Energy Meter monitoring project during next
4-6 months.

Now, I just wanted to know is it possible to install Nagios in a PC
without really connecting it to the web or net. I mean just
isolated/standalond installation of Nagios. I just want to have an
idea of working  of Nagios, so that accoring I can work on my project.

So far, assuming that it is possible to install Nagios, I downloaded
the latest file  nagios-2.0b1.tar.gz and I guess I installed it
properly. I am not sure if its done perfectly or not, as I am not sure
how to check that. Next I tried to install the plug ins file
nagiosplug 1.4-beta1. But could not install it properly. I already
have posted the problem in detail yesterday here only.

So, Andreas Ericsson suggested the following solution. (Thanks Andreas!!!)
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This is a known problem. Try downloading the CVS head of the plugins,
and pray the developers don't put this kind of easy-to-find bugs in the
next release.
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However, I am not sure where to and how to install CVS and how to
integrate it with the plugins. Moreover, I just started using and
learing Linux. (I am using Red Hat Linux).

Could someone please help in above problems ? I searched and read a
lot to solve this, but still not able to start Nagios completely with
its all ;lugins and CVSs.

Thanks,
Kaushal Patel
MSEE, The State University of New York at Buffalo
90 Cornell Street
Buffalo, NY 14214
Ph: 716-836-5674