How To Install socklog-run on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install socklog-run on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is socklog-run
socklog-run is:
socklog cooperates with the runit package to create a small and secure replacement for syslogd. socklog supports system logging through Unix domain sockets (/dev/log), UDP sockets (0.0.0.0:514), as well as TCP socket, with the help of runit’s runsvdir, runsv, and svlogd. socklog provides a different network logging concept, and also does log event notification. svlogd has built in log file rotation based on file size, so there is no need for any cron jobs to rotate the logs. socklog is small, secure, and reliable.
This package sets up the socklog-unix and socklog-klog services to provide a system log service and kernel log service respectively.
There are three methods to install socklog-run 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 socklog-run Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install socklog-run using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install socklog-run
Install socklog-run Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install socklog-run using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install socklog-run
Install socklog-run 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 socklog-run using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install socklog-run
How To Uninstall socklog-run on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the socklog-run package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove socklog-run
Uninstall socklog-run And Its Dependencies
To uninstall socklog-run and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove socklog-run
Remove socklog-run Configurations and Data
To remove socklog-run configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge socklog-run
Remove socklog-run configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove socklog-run configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge socklog-run
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install socklog-run package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
