How to Install and Uninstall rsyslog Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: June 02,2024

1. Install "rsyslog" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install rsyslog on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: rsyslog
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1298
Provides: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libestr0 (>= 0.1.4), libjson-c2 (>= 0.10), libsystemd0, libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), adduser, ucf
Recommends: logrotate
Suggests: rsyslog-mysql | rsyslog-pgsql, rsyslog-doc, 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_8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 365560
MD5sum: 3e279c49becf97b3ee809aa64662e2fc
SHA1: 4eea4165a944cae2db1d71d78592f0e5e4710802
SHA256: 762906615911b96f11674c1d0b12e31442a012817c905c77ff6901cbea17f9c1
SHA512: b2e80fc12849f964b00c0537ec3edede063ad38534b00daebcfa32146639e8f623332ccca9b31e1d0f550a3e5ee1fb61b15c0a85e52f297d50ba99ed7225eb44
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, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y

Package: rsyslog
Priority: important
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 1297
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.16.0-1ubuntu3
Provides: linux-kernel-log-daemon, system-log-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libestr0 (>= 0.1.4), libjson-c2 (>= 0.10), libsystemd0, libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), adduser, ucf
Recommends: logrotate
Suggests: rsyslog-mysql | rsyslog-pgsql, rsyslog-doc, 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_8.16.0-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 365044
MD5sum: d76ed55b1f6e6074e71916c72aed4fc6
SHA1: d4b80355f9f8af5ffe05fcbb201c5cb7ed3533cd
SHA256: 547fceb6c5872a8b0d9973d2ff9bd3af8336d28ff1f45f4de9c07d064b642cbb
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
.
It is the default syslogd on Debian systems.
Description-md5: c25fbd9bcc88ab95bcc33eea4228fd42
Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core