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

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "rsyslog-pgsql" package

This tutorial shows how to install rsyslog-pgsql on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install rsyslog-pgsql

2. Uninstall "rsyslog-pgsql" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall rsyslog-pgsql on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove rsyslog-pgsql $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the rsyslog-pgsql package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: rsyslog-pgsql
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.2006.0-2ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Source: rsyslog
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 74
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpq5, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, rsyslog (= 8.2006.0-2ubuntu1), dbconfig-common, ucf
Recommends: postgresql-client
Suggests: postgresql
Filename: pool/universe/r/rsyslog/rsyslog-pgsql_8.2006.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 9884
MD5sum: 71764eec758bef8d8f4ea3d8aca46c0e
SHA1: ffc175be260e7d608e881ccb422e9bbba0b79ffc
SHA256: 6a3202ce80c15f72aedc0ad53ff593069511fe49ee10975d5a181ff0fc4cbf13
SHA512: 53bc9c387cc58492320aac4bd33fc92345223e04461ab8eb060246e51a983e98cf0d4a07f3f6c723fd75f8953cf348a0fdfca1b18d3a2670dc17a8446fb8b846
Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/
Description-en: PostgreSQL output plugin for rsyslog
This plugin allows rsyslog to write syslog messages into a PostgreSQL
database.
Description-md5: 1d2cf23cdf0c487b7ba6462ff29414d9