How To Install rsyslog-czmq on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-czmq on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rsyslog-czmq
rsyslog-czmq is:
These plugins allows rsyslog to send and receive ZeroMQ syslog messages via the CZMQ library.
Package: rsyslog-czmq Architecture: amd64 Version: 8.2001.0-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: rsyslog Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 96 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libczmq4 (>= 4.0.0), rsyslog (= 8.2001.0-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/r/rsyslog/rsyslog-czmq_8.2001.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 14744 MD5sum: aa69af949b0c7aab9684a930029523fc SHA1: 8acdc9e168dda26dc5e44fb1e2ba639bfa1f5d0c SHA256: 0cce55b40e34600313ab15a67ef1f8b749a2221d2c49780fa115c616b25b7ac6 Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/ Description-en: ZeroMQ protocol support for rsyslog via CZMQ These plugins allows rsyslog to send and receive ZeroMQ syslog messages via the CZMQ library.
There are three methods to install rsyslog-czmq on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rsyslog-czmq Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-czmq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-czmq
Install rsyslog-czmq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-czmq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rsyslog-czmq
Install rsyslog-czmq 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 rsyslog-czmq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-czmq
How To Uninstall rsyslog-czmq on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rsyslog-czmq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-czmq
Uninstall rsyslog-czmq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rsyslog-czmq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-czmq
Remove rsyslog-czmq Configurations and Data
To remove rsyslog-czmq configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-czmq
Remove rsyslog-czmq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rsyslog-czmq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsyslog-czmq
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-czmq package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
