The LSB way: /lib/lsb/init-functions But I'm in agreement that an inexperienced user is better served using a package for the particular distro. <div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 18, 2013 8:31 AM, "Daniel Wittenberg" <<a href="mailto:dwittenberg2008@gmail.com">dwittenberg2008@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I don't use Ubuntu myself, does someone know if there is an equiv to functions? Dan <div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 18, 2013 3:02 AM, "FTL Nagios" <<a href="mailto:ftlnagios@gmail.com" target="_blank">ftlnagios@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Start again and follow <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/quickstart-ubuntu.html" target="_blank">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/quickstart-ubuntu.html</a> Change the version numbers to whatever version you are installing obviously as to whats wrote in that guide as its quite old. Also you need to install "apt-get libssl-dev" before you install the plugins or the 1.4.16 plugins will fail to install properly Job done. -----Original Message----- From: Nivin Abraham [mailto:<a href="mailto:thisisnivin@gmail.com" target="_blank">thisisnivin@gmail.com</a>] Sent: 17 September 2013 09:15 To: <a href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios installation issue my ubuntu version is 12.04 nagios version is nagios-4.0.0beta4 nagios plugin version is nagios-plugins-1.4.16 i have installed my host os is windows 7 vm used is oracle virtualbox i followed the installation from youtube video Nagios sous Ubuntu 12.04 ~ Mohamed AKRICH i followed the entire installation but changed the versions as mentioned above everything got installed without any issues but when i type "service nagios start" and this is what i get /etc/init.d/nagios: 20 .:Can't open /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions so pls help me and i am a newbie to linux as well as ubuntu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. 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