How To Install syslog-ng-dbg on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-dbg
on Debian 10.
What is syslog-ng-dbg
syslog-ng-dbg is:
syslog-ng is an enhanced log daemon, supporting a wide range of input and output methods: syslog, unstructured text, message queues, databases (SQL and NoSQL alike) and more.
Key features:
- receive and send RFC3164 and RFC5424 style syslog messages
- work with any kind of unstructured data
- receive and send JSON formatted messages
- classify and structure logs with builtin parsers (csv-parser(), db-parser(), etc.)
- normalize, crunch and process logs as they flow through the system
- hand on messages for further processing using message queues (like AMQP), files or databases (like PostgreSQL or MongoDB).
This package contains debug symbols for the whole of syslog-ng, including the modules.
There are three methods to install syslog-ng-dbg
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install syslog-ng-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-dbg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install syslog-ng-dbg
Install syslog-ng-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-dbg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install syslog-ng-dbg
Install syslog-ng-dbg 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 syslog-ng-dbg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install syslog-ng-dbg
How To Uninstall syslog-ng-dbg on Debian 10
To uninstall only the syslog-ng-dbg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove syslog-ng-dbg
Uninstall syslog-ng-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall syslog-ng-dbg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove syslog-ng-dbg
Remove syslog-ng-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove syslog-ng-dbg
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge syslog-ng-dbg
Remove syslog-ng-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove syslog-ng-dbg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syslog-ng-dbg
Dependencies
syslog-ng-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-dbg
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.