> Wow, what a mess I just made.
>
> I installed the RPM package from Dag Wieers repository. I am
using
> CentOS 4.1 and everything was fine. So to install the BETA
version I
> removed Dag's package by doing:
>
> rpm -e monit
>
> Which uninstalled monit.
>
> Then I did a wget of the source ( 4.10 beta) , compiled and
> installed. But it seems monit wasnt working well, it didnt have a
> pid file and couldnt recognize the services.I couldnt even do
> /etc/init.d/monit start
>
> So I went ahead to uninstall monit and within the 4.10
directory did:
>
> make uninstall
>
> Perfect.
>
> Went ahead and reinstalled the RPM package and now I have my
monit
> pid file but with a broken monit:
>
> -bash: /usr/local/bin/monit/: no such file or directory
>
> I still have the configuration file and I can do:
>
> /etc/init.d/monit start
> /etc/init.d/monit restart
> /etc/init.d/monit stop
>
> But it does nothing, no web interface, no nothing.
>
> Could you guys PLEASE help me get this working again? I just
need to
> have this as stable as possible (why did I tried to get 4.10???).
>
> So, to make this plea short:
>
> 1.- Need to get a complete uninstall/removal of monit
> 2.- Then a fresh install of monit 4.9 with the RPM package
>
> Hopefully I will have this working in no time.
>
> Thanks again so much for your patience and help,
>
>
> --
> Alfredo Deza
>
>
> Ok, just an update (sorry for the spam)
>
> Since bash couldnt find monit I did wget monit-4.9 compiled it and
> copied monit to /usr/local/bin/monit/
>
> So that fixed that problem and now I have monit running.
>
> BUT
>
> Monit doesnt start/stop/restart correctly (although I see OK when
I try)
> when doing /etc/init.d/
>
> It just starts by:
>
> monit -v
>
> And it shows that monit doesnt have a PID file at /var/run/monit.pid
>
> Any ideas to this whole mess I created?
>
Did you try rpm with the --replacefiles option?
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Early today I tried the rpm --replacefiles and it seems to be working.
I can start monit with init.d
There should be a thorough guide as to how to upgrade / downgrade or
uninstall monit, not because we dont want it, but just for situations
like this.
I offer my time if someone is willing to help me out, as my process
hasnt been clean at all.
Because this is an important server, I think its better to wait for the
email verification option in 4.10 unless someone comes with a good
solution for not being able to send email notifications.