How To Install epylog on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install epylog
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is epylog
epylog is:
This is a syslog parser which runs periodically, looks at your logs, processes some of the entries in order to present them in a more comprehensible format, and then mails you the output.
There are three methods to install epylog
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install epylog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install epylog
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install epylog
Install epylog Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install epylog
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install epylog
Install epylog Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install epylog
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install epylog
How To Uninstall epylog on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the epylog
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove epylog
Uninstall epylog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall epylog
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove epylog
Remove epylog Configurations and Data
To remove epylog
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge epylog
Remove epylog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove epylog
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge epylog
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install epylog
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.