How to Install and Uninstall rsyslog Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "rsyslog" package

This tutorial shows how to install rsyslog on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall rsyslog on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: rsyslog
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.32.0-1ubuntu4.2
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1436
Provides: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libestr0 (>= 0.1.4), libfastjson4 (>= 0.99.7), libsystemd0 (>= 209), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), init-system-helpers (>= 1.47~), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), adduser, ucf
Recommends: logrotate
Suggests: rsyslog-mysql | rsyslog-pgsql, rsyslog-doc, 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_8.32.0-1ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb
Size: 411620
MD5sum: d3883c66cba5f3fb9e8f8b483763baa3
SHA1: 709e2077292ebea53aa0b79687a9d06ac6f22a2e
SHA256: c44c5d1f1891453c3a31d048c91d633edc9a583b90f9de275c17654c01c14de6
SHA512: 134713c9467eaef3a542f75daf0a8f10d0f3a2d4900c15fadb509740683ff6bdf386b60969c41794e4a6bf630d206f348834d37a8d2a1a33d84cae1ddb3e595a
Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/
Description: reliable system and kernel logging daemon
Description-md5: c25fbd9bcc88ab95bcc33eea4228fd42
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y

Package: rsyslog
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.32.0-1ubuntu4
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1432
Provides: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libestr0 (>= 0.1.4), libfastjson4 (>= 0.99.7), libsystemd0 (>= 209), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), init-system-helpers (>= 1.47~), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), adduser, ucf
Recommends: logrotate
Suggests: rsyslog-mysql | rsyslog-pgsql, rsyslog-doc, 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_8.32.0-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 411156
MD5sum: d0db20b43b36604c5a5d5fc97b4cd0fc
SHA1: 81918481a7cb06484569282cba565c86a70528a2
SHA256: 2f9d0e093b4d296ff32caee2f8e5b620481852926179662e81c4ccc4ed2b87de
Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/
Description: reliable system and kernel logging daemon
Description-md5: c25fbd9bcc88ab95bcc33eea4228fd42
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y