How to Install and Uninstall rsyslog Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "rsyslog" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install rsyslog on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: rsyslog
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.2006.0-2ubuntu1
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1663
Provides: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libestr0 (>= 0.1.4), libfastjson4 (>= 0.99.7), libsystemd0 (>= 209), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), 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_8.2006.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 428880
MD5sum: 5318a675fa9b480bf6d65a884fe30d35
SHA1: 992bbebb12efba9a0cf768b14fcf504cbc3cb3a1
SHA256: 9b9c9c061faef9c3e7530c332299d830942e95fcebc7c0d05f98c70e917d5542
SHA512: 4af8a55c42a27d434c936641813d1fdf7ceae4dfd219298c6179f77cc8363505d854bb6cc28707e212862ba36da1e75dca5659d4de9d79c4041aee0d9712f325
Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/
Description-en: 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: c25fbd9bcc88ab95bcc33eea4228fd42
Task: minimal