How To Install rpm-plugin-syslog on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-plugin-syslog on Rocky Linux 8. rpm-plugin-syslog is Rpm plugin for syslog functionality

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-plugin-syslog on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `rpm-plugin-syslog`

Rpm plugin for syslog functionality

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

Install rpm-plugin-syslog 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 rpm-plugin-syslog using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpm-plugin-syslog

Install rpm-plugin-syslog 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 rpm-plugin-syslog using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpm-plugin-syslog

How To Uninstall rpm-plugin-syslog on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the rpm-plugin-syslog package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rpm-plugin-syslog

rpm-plugin-syslog Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/1fbd596c664ec9b96f5c7e144c52d7ec2bfe8a
/usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/syslog.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/88134331551a99f296fffccbee2237f52f0398
/usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/syslog.so

References

rpm-plugin-syslog website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-plugin-syslog on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.