How To Install logcheck on Debian 10

Learn how to install logcheck on Debian 10 with this tutorial. logcheck is mails anomalies in the system logfiles to the administrator

Introduction

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

What is logcheck

logcheck is:

Logcheck helps spot problems and security violations in your logfiles automatically and will send the results to you in e-mail.

Logcheck was part of the Abacus Project of security tools, but this version has been rewritten.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install logcheck

Install logcheck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install logcheck

Install logcheck 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 logcheck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install logcheck

How To Uninstall logcheck on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove logcheck

Uninstall logcheck And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove logcheck

Remove logcheck Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge logcheck

Remove logcheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge logcheck

Dependencies

logcheck have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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