How to Install and Uninstall rsyslog Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "rsyslog" package

This guide let you learn how to install rsyslog on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall rsyslog on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: rsyslog
Version: 8.2102.0-2+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 1875
Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Architecture: amd64
Provides: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libestr0 (>= 0.1.4), libfastjson4 (>= 0.99.8), liblognorm5 (>= 2.0.3), libsystemd0 (>= 246), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
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: important
Filename: pool/main/r/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.2102.0-2+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 702816
MD5sum: b9d62ef2333fcd9467f8519607bcb89f
SHA256: 2b13b613a24b2247192a1e8e64710c0832cc4d2aef1abe19d97e8438d7170b03