How to Install and Uninstall rsyslog Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "rsyslog" package

This tutorial shows how to install rsyslog on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                rsyslog
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "rsyslog" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall rsyslog on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rsyslog
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rsyslog package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: rsyslog
Version: 8.1901.0-1+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 1809
Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Architecture: amd64
Provides: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libestr0 (>= 0.1.4), libfastjson4 (>= 0.99.7), liblognorm5 (>= 2.0.3), libsystemd0 (>= 209), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
Suggests: rsyslog-mysql | rsyslog-pgsql, rsyslog-mongodb, rsyslog-doc, rsyslog-gnutls, rsyslog-gssapi, rsyslog-relp
Conflicts: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Description: reliable system and kernel logging daemon
Description-md5: c25fbd9bcc88ab95bcc33eea4228fd42
Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: logrotate
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/updates/main/r/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.1901.0-1+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 658040
MD5sum: f2df6a84615692b9e6c70906d4edb9e5
SHA256: 69e66065e85ea3197c6cf8b536251b6624194ef5ad623b007d28240b20fe35d9

Package: rsyslog
Version: 8.1901.0-1+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 1809
Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Architecture: amd64
Provides: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libestr0 (>= 0.1.4), libfastjson4 (>= 0.99.7), liblognorm5 (>= 2.0.3), libsystemd0 (>= 209), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: logrotate
Suggests: rsyslog-mysql | rsyslog-pgsql, rsyslog-mongodb, rsyslog-doc, rsyslog-gnutls, rsyslog-gssapi, rsyslog-relp
Conflicts: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Description: reliable system and kernel logging daemon
Description-md5: c25fbd9bcc88ab95bcc33eea4228fd42
Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/
Tag: admin::logging, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, role::program,
works-with::db, works-with::logfile
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/r/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.1901.0-1+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 657920
MD5sum: f45d4e22d9de9f022f68340cfdd715c4
SHA256: 93076543c27d1395aac93b88e6d2a0d5fa93752c4af2f425a9e0211c9c18272f