How to Install and Uninstall logrotate Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "logrotate" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install logrotate on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                logrotate
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "logrotate" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall logrotate on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                logrotate
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the logrotate package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: logrotate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.21.0-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Göttsche
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 154
Depends: cron | anacron | cron-daemon | systemd-sysv, libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.34), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Suggests: bsd-mailx | mailx
Filename: pool/main/l/logrotate/logrotate_3.21.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 53412
MD5sum: e2c6f183afc0226d0b6c44f73719cf74
SHA1: bcd9ad8b68790f6a810b1236203aab4b03994d9b
SHA256: 5fce63c984d72ee9977abc39fca60f43d899382b4ad28481de113848e0d33a1f
SHA512: 063a3c3bdc09d50fe72a9c8285703cb39e1b5d679b25b3ab6e245315df8a0b512c918ee5538a941bd99348cb99ec065cb26ef2db94e34ecb086033dbd4ff815a
Homepage: https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate
Description: Log rotation utility
Description-md5: bb73169bb75b2b8a2fda1453d214416d
Task: minimal