How to Install and Uninstall rsyslog Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "rsyslog" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install rsyslog on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 covers the steps necessary to uninstall rsyslog on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: rsyslog
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.2312.0-3ubuntu3
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1775
Provides: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libestr0 (>= 0.1.9), libfastjson4 (>= 0.99.8), libsystemd0 (>= 246), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), adduser, ucf
Recommends: logrotate
Suggests: rsyslog-mysql | rsyslog-pgsql, rsyslog-mongodb, rsyslog-doc, rsyslog-openssl | rsyslog-gnutls, rsyslog-gssapi, rsyslog-relp, apparmor (>= 2.8.96~2541-0ubuntu4~)
Conflicts: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Filename: pool/main/r/rsyslog/rsyslog_8.2312.0-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 510554
MD5sum: ca04be69835a49036254434c25d9f2e1
SHA1: ef8402b79cb8b138210660c9acd4741e247d0937
SHA256: 64a0a304ad08b46a51077e953aa70e866fde3885c25ce02b02b31497b9b1f176
SHA512: d21c75c42e7ca14707189bbae1f9ebbaa134d6bef2d11eb3e04febda9e97ea3e4ef58c0cf16705e7cc5909000120130b2b03191006e6af15ac8e6b8f53de201f
Homepage: https://www.rsyslog.com/
Description: reliable system and kernel logging daemon
Description-md5: c25fbd9bcc88ab95bcc33eea4228fd42
Task: minimal