How To Install logrotate on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install logrotate on Rocky Linux 8. logrotate is Rotates, compresses, removes and mails system log files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install logrotate on Rocky Linux 8.

What is logrotate

The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files on a system which generates a lot of log files. Logrotate allows for the automatic rotation compression, removal and mailing of log files. Logrotate can be set to handle a log file daily, weekly, monthly or when the log file gets to a certain size. Normally, logrotate runs as a daily cron job. Install the logrotate package if you need a utility to deal with the log files on your system.

We can use yum or dnf to install logrotate on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install logrotate.

Install logrotate on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install logrotate using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install logrotate

Install logrotate on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install logrotate using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install logrotate

How To Uninstall logrotate on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the logrotate package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove logrotate

logrotate Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/cron.daily
/etc/cron.daily/logrotate
/etc/logrotate.conf
/etc/logrotate.d
/etc/logrotate.d/btmp
/etc/logrotate.d/wtmp
/etc/rwtab.d/logrotate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/596acebd8053c625902908d26e5ba3655ddaa7
/usr/sbin/logrotate
/usr/share/doc/logrotate
/usr/share/doc/logrotate/ChangeLog.md
/usr/share/licenses/logrotate
/usr/share/licenses/logrotate/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/logrotate.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/logrotate.8.gz
/var/lib/logrotate
/var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install logrotate on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.