How To Install eventlog on Fedora 34

eventlog is Syslog-ng v2/v3 support library Syslog-ng v2/v3 support library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eventlog on Fedora 34.

What is `eventlog`

The EventLog library aims to be a replacement of the simple syslog() API provided on UNIX systems. The major difference between EventLog and syslog is that EventLog tries to add structure to messages. EventLog provides an interface to build, format and output an event record. The exact format and output method can be customized by the administrator via a configuration file. This package is the runtime part of the library. eventlog 0.2.13 19.fc34 x86_64 21 k eventlog-0.2.13-19.fc34.src.rpm fedora Syslog-ng v2/v3 support library http BSD The EventLog library aims to be a replacement of the simple syslog() API provided on UNIX systems. The major difference between EventLog and syslog is that EventLog tries to add structure to messages. EventLog provides an interface to build, format and output an event record. The exact format and output method can be customized by the administrator via a configuration file. This package is the runtime part of the library.

We can use yum or dnf to install eventlog on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install eventlog.

Install eventlog 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 eventlog using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install eventlog

Install eventlog 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 eventlog using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install eventlog

How To Uninstall eventlog on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove eventlog

eventlog Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/5a79959e92ae0e51c6826a576b618db881478d
/usr/lib64/libevtlog.so.0
/usr/lib64/libevtlog.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/eventlog
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/c26d5200fb3339cdd28483a539e220309659a0
/usr/lib/libevtlog.so.0
/usr/lib/libevtlog.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/eventlog
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/eventlog/README

References

[eventlog website](http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eventlog on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.