How To Install logtool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install logtool
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is logtool
logtool is:
logtool is a syslog-style logfile parser and report-generator, capable of producing ANSI, ASCII, CSV (for spreadsheets), HTML or just raw output.
It’s very handy in generating nightly reports and in online monitoring of logfile activity.
There are three methods to install logtool
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 logtool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install logtool
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install logtool
Install logtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install logtool
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install logtool
Install logtool 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 logtool
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install logtool
How To Uninstall logtool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the logtool
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove logtool
Uninstall logtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall logtool
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove logtool
Remove logtool Configurations and Data
To remove logtool
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge logtool
Remove logtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove logtool
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge logtool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install logtool
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.