How To Install clog on Debian 10

Learn how to install clog on Debian 10 with this tutorial. clog is colorizing log tail utility

Introduction

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

What is clog

clog is:

Clog is useful for watching log files. It can spot patterns in an input stream and colorize or suppress the lines. It can also decorate the lines with time- or datestamps.

There are three methods to install clog 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 clog Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install clog

Install clog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install clog

Install clog 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 clog using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clog

How To Uninstall clog on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove clog

Uninstall clog And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clog

Remove clog Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge clog

Remove clog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clog

Dependencies

clog have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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