How to Install and Uninstall mtail Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the mtail on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "mtail" package

Learn how to install mtail on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall mtail on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mtail package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mtail
Source: mtail (3.0.0~rc50-1)
Version: 3.0.0~rc50-1+b6
Installed-Size: 12589
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: adduser, tzdata, init-system-helpers (>= 1.51), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Conflicts: monkeytail
Description: Extract monitoring data from logs for collection in a timeseries database
Description-md5: d232cf12d2546c08ee3e00f5bc77df52
Homepage: https://github.com/google/mtail/
Built-Using: golang-1.19 (= 1.19.8-2), golang-github-beorn7-perks (= 1.0.1-1), golang-github-cespare-xxhash (= 2.1.1-2), golang-github-golang-groupcache (= 0.0~git20200121.8c9f03a-2), golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-3 (= 1.3.5-4), golang-github-google-go-cmp (= 0.5.9-1), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.9.1-2), golang-github-prometheus-client-golang (= 1.14.0-3), golang-github-prometheus-client-model (= 0.3.0-3), golang-github-prometheus-common (= 0.39.0-2), golang-github-prometheus-procfs (= 0.8.0-3), golang-glog (= 0.0~git20160126.23def4e-5), golang-go.opencensus (= 0.24.0-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1), golang-google-genproto (= 0.0~git20200413.b5235f6-3), golang-google-grpc (= 1.33.3-2), golang-google-protobuf (= 1.28.1-3), golang-protobuf-extensions (= 1.0.1-3)
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mtail/mtail_3.0.0~rc50-1+b6_amd64.deb
Size: 3716252
MD5sum: 9effa72aec918726ae65ac05f64ae70b
SHA256: 0338de1b178ffecfec3f00ebd3452f8436f357c016aea6dff66028ad63abbe6c