How To Install rsyslog-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-doc on Debian 9. rsyslog-doc is documentation for rsyslog

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-doc on Debian 9.

What is rsyslog-doc

rsyslog-doc is:

This package contains detailed HTML documentation for rsyslog.

It describes the general configuration file syntax for filters, actions, templates, etc, and has detailed information for all available configuration directives.

There are three methods to install rsyslog-doc on Debian 9. 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-doc

Install rsyslog-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rsyslog-doc

Install rsyslog-doc 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-doc

How To Uninstall rsyslog-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the rsyslog-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-doc

Uninstall rsyslog-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rsyslog-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-doc

Remove rsyslog-doc Configurations and Data

To remove rsyslog-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-doc

Remove rsyslog-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rsyslog-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsyslog-doc

Dependencies

rsyslog-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.