How To Install rsyslog-hiredis on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-hiredis on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rsyslog-hiredis
rsyslog-hiredis is:
This plugin allows rsyslog to write syslog messages to Redis, a key-value database in a similar vein to memcache but the dataset is non-volatile.
There are three methods to install rsyslog-hiredis 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 rsyslog-hiredis 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-hiredis using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-hiredis
Install rsyslog-hiredis Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-hiredis using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rsyslog-hiredis
Install rsyslog-hiredis 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 rsyslog-hiredis using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-hiredis
How To Uninstall rsyslog-hiredis on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rsyslog-hiredis package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-hiredis
Uninstall rsyslog-hiredis And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rsyslog-hiredis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-hiredis
Remove rsyslog-hiredis Configurations and Data
To remove rsyslog-hiredis configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-hiredis
Remove rsyslog-hiredis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rsyslog-hiredis configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsyslog-hiredis
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-hiredis package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
