How To Install rpm-plugin-syslog on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-plugin-syslog
on CentOS 8.
What is rpm-plugin-syslog
Rpm plugin for syslog functionality
We can use yum
or dnf
to install rpm-plugin-syslog
on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rpm-plugin-syslog.
Install rpm-plugin-syslog on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rpm-plugin-syslog
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rpm-plugin-syslog
Install rpm-plugin-syslog on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rpm-plugin-syslog
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rpm-plugin-syslog
How To Uninstall rpm-plugin-syslog on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rpm-plugin-syslog
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rpm-plugin-syslog
rpm-plugin-syslog Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/1fbd596c664ec9b96f5c7e144c52d7ec2bfe8a
/usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/syslog.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/3a60d697d129811d45878d383448fe60dc452c
/usr/lib64/rpm-plugins/syslog.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-plugin-syslog
on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.