How To Install libparse-syslog-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libparse-syslog-perl on Debian 9.
What is libparse-syslog-perl
libparse-syslog-perl is:
Unix syslogs are convenient to read for humans but because of small differences between operating systems and things like ’last message repeated xx times’ not very easy to parse by a script.
Parse::Syslog presents a simple interface to parse syslog files: you create a parser on a file (with new) and call next to get one line at a time with Unix-timestamp, host, program, pid and text returned in a hash-reference.
There are three methods to install libparse-syslog-perl 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 libparse-syslog-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libparse-syslog-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libparse-syslog-perl
Install libparse-syslog-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libparse-syslog-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libparse-syslog-perl
Install libparse-syslog-perl 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 libparse-syslog-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libparse-syslog-perl
How To Uninstall libparse-syslog-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libparse-syslog-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libparse-syslog-perl
Uninstall libparse-syslog-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libparse-syslog-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libparse-syslog-perl
Remove libparse-syslog-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libparse-syslog-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libparse-syslog-perl
Remove libparse-syslog-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libparse-syslog-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libparse-syslog-perl
Dependencies
libparse-syslog-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libparse-syslog-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.