How to Install and Uninstall rsyslog Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "rsyslog" package

This tutorial shows how to install rsyslog on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: rsyslog
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.2102.0-2ubuntu2
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1701
Provides: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libestr0 (>= 0.1.4), libfastjson4 (>= 0.99.8), libsystemd0 (>= 246), 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_8.2102.0-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 486772
MD5sum: 060be15808eee7b4fd401099b5bc6edd
SHA1: bc606ffbb598be1a7515f9139b223ad994103a7c
SHA256: 3210fe2cbbbdd726648ec34912dc3400d1c01089bd4c8842ecc2d5a4e5b8969f
SHA512: a670e8ad28d71aad6b1a4091f6f561ff26d4d036c0f47ff54fd55e42d1d12474cbeb7bdac568f04ecee46460a057fd119b1db2f924dbf8a77d580f29b9e88f4c
Homepage: https://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