How To Install ccze on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ccze on Debian 9. ccze is robust, modular log coloriser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ccze on Debian 9.

What is ccze

ccze is:

CCZE is a robust and modular log coloriser, with plugins for apm, exim, fetchmail, httpd, postfix, procmail, squid, syslog, ulogd, vsftpd, xferlog and more.

There are three methods to install ccze on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ccze Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ccze

Install ccze Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ccze

Install ccze 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 ccze using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ccze

How To Uninstall ccze on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ccze

Uninstall ccze And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ccze and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ccze

Remove ccze Configurations and Data

To remove ccze configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ccze

Remove ccze configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ccze

Dependencies

ccze have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ccze package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.