How To Install bootlogd on Debian 10

Learn how to install bootlogd on Debian 10 with this tutorial. bootlogd is daemon to log boot messages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bootlogd on Debian 10.

What is bootlogd

bootlogd is:

bootlogd logs all messages printed to the system console during system boot, and records those messages to a logfile.

Note that not all init systems print messages to the system console, so that the logfile may remain empty; this is the case with systemd (the default init system). Try “journalctl -b” instead.

There are three methods to install bootlogd on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bootlogd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bootlogd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bootlogd

Install bootlogd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bootlogd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bootlogd

Install bootlogd 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 bootlogd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bootlogd

How To Uninstall bootlogd on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove bootlogd

Uninstall bootlogd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bootlogd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bootlogd

Remove bootlogd Configurations and Data

To remove bootlogd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bootlogd

Remove bootlogd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bootlogd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bootlogd

Dependencies

bootlogd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bootlogd package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.