How To Install rpm-plugin-syslog on CentOS 8

rpm-plugin-syslog is Rpm plugin for syslog functionality

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.