How To Install logtools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install logtools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is logtools
logtools is:
clfmerge - merge common-log-format web logs in order without sorting (good for when you have a gig of logs).
logprn - like “tail -f” but after a specified time period of inactivity will run a program (such as lpr) and pipe the new data to it)
funnel - pipe one stream of data to several files or processes.
clfsplit - split CLF format web logs by client IP address.
clfdomainsplit - split CLF logs by server domain.
There are three methods to install logtools on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install logtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install logtools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install logtools
Install logtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install logtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install logtools
Install logtools 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 logtools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install logtools
How To Uninstall logtools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the logtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove logtools
Uninstall logtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall logtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove logtools
Remove logtools Configurations and Data
To remove logtools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge logtools
Remove logtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove logtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge logtools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install logtools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.