How to Install and Uninstall rsyslog Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "rsyslog" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install rsyslog on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall rsyslog on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: rsyslog
Version: 8.2402.0-1
Installed-Size: 1974
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 (>= 1.5.5), 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
Size: 727592
SHA256: 6902a4cc464c05a460e404e725a5cd287d3aaaf66b20fff4c0f760a5586b63ad
SHA1: 423e1f46d64ee6f0ebc985ab755ceae57eba94c9
MD5sum: 960d70ee9d9be69c37a09194f26536fd
Description: reliable system and kernel logging daemon
Rsyslog is a multi-threaded implementation of syslogd (a system utility
providing support for message logging), with features that include:
* reliable syslog over TCP, SSL/TLS and RELP
* on-demand disk buffering
* email alerting
* writing to MySQL or PostgreSQL databases (via separate output plugins)
* permitted sender lists
* filtering on any part of the syslog message
* on-the-wire message compression
* fine-grained output format control
* failover to backup destinations
* enterprise-class encrypted syslog relaying
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It is the default syslogd on Debian systems.
Description-md5:
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_8.2402.0-1_amd64.deb