How To Install rsyslog-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
