How To Install loggedfs-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install loggedfs-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. loggedfs-dbg is Fuse-filesystem daemon logging every filesystem operations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install loggedfs-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is loggedfs-dbg

loggedfs-dbg is:

LoggedFS is a transparent fuse-filesystem which allows you to log every operation that takes place in the backend filesystem. Logs can be written to syslog, into a file, or to the standard output.

This package contains the debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install loggedfs-dbg 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 loggedfs-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install loggedfs-dbg

Install loggedfs-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install loggedfs-dbg

Install loggedfs-dbg 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 loggedfs-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install loggedfs-dbg

How To Uninstall loggedfs-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the loggedfs-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove loggedfs-dbg

Uninstall loggedfs-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall loggedfs-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove loggedfs-dbg

Remove loggedfs-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove loggedfs-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge loggedfs-dbg

Remove loggedfs-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge loggedfs-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install loggedfs-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.