How To Install syslog-ng-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-dev
on Debian 11.
What is syslog-ng-dev
syslog-ng-dev 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 the headers and tools needed to build third-party plugins against syslog-ng, the next generation system logging daemon.
There are three methods to install syslog-ng-dev
on Debian 11. 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-dev 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-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install syslog-ng-dev
Install syslog-ng-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install syslog-ng-dev
Install syslog-ng-dev 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-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install syslog-ng-dev
How To Uninstall syslog-ng-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the syslog-ng-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove syslog-ng-dev
Uninstall syslog-ng-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall syslog-ng-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove syslog-ng-dev
Remove syslog-ng-dev Configurations and Data
To remove syslog-ng-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge syslog-ng-dev
Remove syslog-ng-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove syslog-ng-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syslog-ng-dev
Dependencies
syslog-ng-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.