How To Install logcheck-database on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install logcheck-database on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is logcheck-database
logcheck-database is:
This database is part of the Logcheck package, but might be used by others. It brings a database of regular expressions for matching system log entries after various criteria.
There are three methods to install logcheck-database on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-database 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-database using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install logcheck-database
Install logcheck-database Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install logcheck-database using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install logcheck-database
Install logcheck-database 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install logcheck-database using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install logcheck-database
How To Uninstall logcheck-database on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the logcheck-database package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove logcheck-database
Uninstall logcheck-database And Its Dependencies
To uninstall logcheck-database and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove logcheck-database
Remove logcheck-database Configurations and Data
To remove logcheck-database configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge logcheck-database
Remove logcheck-database configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove logcheck-database configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge logcheck-database
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install logcheck-database package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
