How To Install rsyslog-relp on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-relp on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rsyslog-relp
rsyslog-relp is:
These plugins allow rsyslog to send and receive syslog messages via the RELP protocol. RELP ensures reliable transport over the network even on connection loss or if a peer becomes unavailable.
Package: rsyslog-relp Architecture: amd64 Version: 8.2001.0-1ubuntu1 Priority: extra 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: 106 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), librelp0 (>= 1.4.0), rsyslog (= 8.2001.0-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/r/rsyslog/rsyslog-relp_8.2001.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 17092 MD5sum: c1d401a386afe17af91663793cb08c12 SHA1: eff73e3dfce1c2e4300b70f48c0123e9ec0b16a2 SHA256: abfce0f5483211b3545a3a38fa7728d6d41ae569f31c7e637b6ba4da06728993 Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/ Description-en: RELP protocol support for rsyslog These plugins allow rsyslog to send and receive syslog messages via the RELP protocol. RELP ensures reliable transport over the network even on connection loss or if a peer becomes unavailable.
There are three methods to install rsyslog-relp 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-relp 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-relp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-relp
Install rsyslog-relp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-relp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rsyslog-relp
Install rsyslog-relp 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-relp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-relp
How To Uninstall rsyslog-relp on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rsyslog-relp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-relp
Uninstall rsyslog-relp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rsyslog-relp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-relp
Remove rsyslog-relp Configurations and Data
To remove rsyslog-relp configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-relp
Remove rsyslog-relp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rsyslog-relp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsyslog-relp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-relp package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
