How To Install rsyslog-gnutls on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-gnutls on Debian 12.
What is rsyslog-gnutls
rsyslog-gnutls is:
This netstream plugin allows rsyslog to send and receive encrypted syslog messages via the syslog-transport-tls IETF standard protocol using GnuTLS.
There are three methods to install rsyslog-gnutls 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 rsyslog-gnutls Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-gnutls using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-gnutls
Install rsyslog-gnutls Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-gnutls using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rsyslog-gnutls
Install rsyslog-gnutls 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 rsyslog-gnutls using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-gnutls
How To Uninstall rsyslog-gnutls on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rsyslog-gnutls package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-gnutls
Uninstall rsyslog-gnutls And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rsyslog-gnutls and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-gnutls
Remove rsyslog-gnutls Configurations and Data
To remove rsyslog-gnutls configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-gnutls
Remove rsyslog-gnutls configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rsyslog-gnutls configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsyslog-gnutls
Dependencies
rsyslog-gnutls have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-gnutls package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
