How To Install tlog on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tlog on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is tlog
tlog is:
Tlog is a terminal I/O recording and playback package suitable for implementing centralized user session recording. Recorded data is sent to a logging service. Both the standard syslog and journald interfaces are supported. The recorded data is in JSON allowing storage in ElasticSearch where it can be searched, queried and played back.
This package contains tlog-rec, tlog-rec-session and tlog-play
There are three methods to install tlog on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tlog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tlog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tlog
Install tlog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tlog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tlog
Install tlog 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 tlog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tlog
How To Uninstall tlog on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the tlog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tlog
Uninstall tlog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tlog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tlog
Remove tlog Configurations and Data
To remove tlog configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tlog
Remove tlog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tlog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tlog
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tlog package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.