How To Install tlog on CentOS 8

tlog is Terminal I/O logger Terminal I/O logger

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tlog on CentOS 8.

What is tlog

Tlog is a terminal I/O recording program similar to “script”, but used in place of a user’s shell, starting the recording and executing the real user’s shell afterwards. The recorded I/O can then be forwarded to a logging server in JSON format. tlog 9 2.el8 x86_64 123 k tlog-9-2.el8.src.rpm appstream Terminal I/O logger https GPLv2+ Tlog is a terminal I/O recording program similar to “script”, but used in place of a user’s shell, starting the recording and executing the real user’s shell afterwards. The recorded I/O can then be forwarded to a logging server in JSON format.

We can use yum or dnf to install tlog on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tlog.

Install tlog 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 tlog using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tlog

Install tlog 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 tlog using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tlog

How To Uninstall tlog on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the tlog package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tlog

tlog Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/tlog
/etc/tlog/tlog-play.conf
/etc/tlog/tlog-rec-session.conf
/etc/tlog/tlog-rec.conf
/run/tlog
/usr/bin/tlog-play
/usr/bin/tlog-rec
/usr/bin/tlog-rec-session
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/0b9963bb77ac58043be8076e4277ae3b7cb310
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/8dbbddfafc7df06efa517e3d3c8683e619e989
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/bc90fc79128ae07a86e326abf4e4159d89371b
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/4df77a26be5ee94965f2f20b6f5756cdf6379b
/usr/lib/libtlog.so.0
/usr/lib/libtlog.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tlog.conf
/usr/share/doc/tlog
/usr/share/doc/tlog/README.md
/usr/share/doc/tlog/log_format.md
/usr/share/doc/tlog/mapping.json
/usr/share/doc/tlog/schema.json
/usr/share/licenses/tlog
/usr/share/licenses/tlog/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/tlog-play.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/tlog-rec-session.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/tlog-rec.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tlog-play.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tlog-rec-session.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tlog-rec.8.gz
/usr/share/tlog
/usr/share/tlog/tlog-play.default.conf
/usr/share/tlog/tlog-rec-session.default.conf
/usr/share/tlog/tlog-rec.default.conf
/etc/tlog
/etc/tlog/tlog-play.conf
/etc/tlog/tlog-rec-session.conf
/etc/tlog/tlog-rec.conf
/run/tlog
/usr/bin/tlog-play
/usr/bin/tlog-rec
/usr/bin/tlog-rec-session
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/800b68754361de67ecf477838b048a78a2f2dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/0e7b094aa6a4b6e5cdf212f663a051355bc05e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/fdeb0d3f7d5e7fc59b2070eb5c754a7d1e7734
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/e5cbd74930e2462420038615e84427085bd589
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tlog.conf
/usr/lib64/libtlog.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtlog.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/tlog
/usr/share/doc/tlog/README.md
/usr/share/doc/tlog/log_format.md
/usr/share/doc/tlog/mapping.json
/usr/share/doc/tlog/schema.json
/usr/share/licenses/tlog
/usr/share/licenses/tlog/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/tlog-play.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/tlog-rec-session.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/tlog-rec.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tlog-play.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tlog-rec-session.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tlog-rec.8.gz
/usr/share/tlog
/usr/share/tlog/tlog-play.default.conf
/usr/share/tlog/tlog-rec-session.default.conf
/usr/share/tlog/tlog-rec.default.conf

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tlog on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.