How To Install cronolog on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cronolog on Fedora 34.
What is cronolog
cronolog is a simple filter program that reads log file entries from standard input and writes each entry to the output file specified by a filename template and the current date and time. When the expanded filename changes, the current file is closed and a new one opened. cronolog is intended to be used in conjunction with a Web server, such as Apache, to split the access log into daily or monthly logs.
We can use yum or dnf to install cronolog on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cronolog.
Install cronolog on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install cronolog using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cronolog
Install cronolog on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install cronolog using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cronolog
How To Uninstall cronolog on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the cronolog package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cronolog
cronolog Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/cronosplit
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/c87e20ec50045a6711af7bcdaf290ef5881225
/usr/sbin/cronolog
/usr/share/doc/cronolog
/usr/share/doc/cronolog/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cronolog/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cronolog/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cronolog/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cronolog/README
/usr/share/doc/cronolog/TODO
/usr/share/info/cronolog.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cronolog.1m.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cronosplit.1m.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cronolog on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.