How To Install logtail on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install logtail on Debian 12.
What is logtail
logtail is:
Each time logtail and logtail2 are run on a file they print lines added since the last run.
They can be used by log checkers, such as logcheck, to identify new entries in log files.
This package provides both logtail and logtail2. The latter is better suited to log files that may be rotated between runs: if logtail2 finds that the inode of the file changed, it tries to find the file it was rotated from using customisable heuristics. If it finds the file, it will new find lines added to the old file as well as to the new file.
There are three methods to install logtail on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install logtail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install logtail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install logtail
Install logtail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install logtail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install logtail
Install logtail 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 logtail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install logtail
How To Uninstall logtail on Debian 12
To uninstall only the logtail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove logtail
Uninstall logtail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall logtail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove logtail
Remove logtail Configurations and Data
To remove logtail configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge logtail
Remove logtail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove logtail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge logtail
Dependencies
logtail have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install logtail package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.