How To Install rsyslog-openssl on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-openssl on Debian 11.
What is rsyslog-openssl
rsyslog-openssl is:
This netstream plugin allows rsyslog to send and receive encrypted syslog messages via the syslog-transport-tls IETF standard protocol.
There are three methods to install rsyslog-openssl on Debian 11. 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-openssl 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-openssl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-openssl
Install rsyslog-openssl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-openssl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rsyslog-openssl
Install rsyslog-openssl 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-openssl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-openssl
How To Uninstall rsyslog-openssl on Debian 11
To uninstall only the rsyslog-openssl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-openssl
Uninstall rsyslog-openssl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rsyslog-openssl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-openssl
Remove rsyslog-openssl Configurations and Data
To remove rsyslog-openssl configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-openssl
Remove rsyslog-openssl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rsyslog-openssl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsyslog-openssl
Dependencies
rsyslog-openssl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-openssl package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
