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