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

Last updated: January 10,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "rsyslog" package

This is a short guide on how to install rsyslog on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall rsyslog 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 rsyslog package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: rsyslog
Version: 8.2302.0-1
Installed-Size: 1942
Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Architecture: amd64
Provides: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libestr0 (>= 0.1.9), libfastjson4 (>= 0.99.8), liblognorm5 (>= 2.0.3), libsystemd0 (>= 246), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: logrotate
Suggests: rsyslog-mysql | rsyslog-pgsql, rsyslog-mongodb, rsyslog-doc, rsyslog-openssl | 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: https://www.rsyslog.com/
Tag: admin::logging, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, role::program,
works-with::db, works-with::logfile
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.2302.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 723384
MD5sum: b90689554a345a5fb03b7e52f01c3960
SHA256: 59fc0e2dd3c5137ac26a14c103f62c9c6d937bb90551a8f78d9445b97e8bd59c