How to Install and Uninstall syslog-ng Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "syslog-ng" package

This is a short guide on how to install syslog-ng on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install syslog-ng

2. Uninstall "syslog-ng" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall syslog-ng on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):

$ sudo apt remove syslog-ng $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the syslog-ng package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: syslog-ng
Architecture: all
Version: 3.38.1-5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: syslog-ng maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 23
Depends: syslog-ng-core (>= 3.38.1), syslog-ng-scl, syslog-ng-mod-sql, syslog-ng-mod-mongodb
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-smtp, syslog-ng-mod-amqp, syslog-ng-mod-geoip2, syslog-ng-mod-redis, syslog-ng-mod-stomp, syslog-ng-mod-riemann, syslog-ng-mod-graphite, syslog-ng-mod-python, syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data, syslog-ng-mod-stardate, syslog-ng-mod-snmp, syslog-ng-mod-xml-parser, syslog-ng-mod-http, syslog-ng-mod-rdkafka, syslog-ng-mod-examples, syslog-ng-mod-slog
Filename: pool/universe/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng_3.38.1-5_all.deb
Size: 3496
MD5sum: 56b8f4a9e9af5eb5781e8373637887e8
SHA1: 60b397eb73752dde7629728073f27ba54abdf8ee
SHA256: d30b7e351cfbf2a992172331dfa8d86c4fe37766b909d4fc370652bcb093c0a6
SHA512: 673abac3b7ad2ebd114882e838b6f8c7e12a8f416d7499b28dda228a9a4ac744fff5be3b3373944d961582c36e4e39b4c71837163aa966d806071da2fad41eb2
Homepage: https://www.syslog-ng.com/
Description: Enhanced system logging daemon (metapackage)
Description-md5: 2498a80b4edf9c00bf85d5db8c845d60