How To Install vnlog on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vnlog on Debian 10.
What is vnlog
vnlog is:
Vnlog (pronounced “vanillog”) is a trivially-simple log format consisting of an ASCII table with comments and labelled fields. This package provides tools to process and manipulate such logs. The tools are:
vnl-filter selects a subset of the rows/columns in a vnlog and/or to manipulates the contents. This is effectively an awk wrapper.
vnl-sort, vnl-join, vnl-tail and vnl-ts are wrappers around the corresponding commandline tools
vnl-align aligns vnlog columns for easy interpretation by humans
vnl-make-matrix converts a one-point-per-line vnlog to a matrix of data
There are three methods to install vnlog 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 vnlog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vnlog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vnlog
Install vnlog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vnlog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vnlog
Install vnlog 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 vnlog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vnlog
How To Uninstall vnlog on Debian 10
To uninstall only the vnlog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vnlog
Uninstall vnlog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vnlog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vnlog
Remove vnlog Configurations and Data
To remove vnlog configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vnlog
Remove vnlog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vnlog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vnlog
Dependencies
vnlog have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vnlog package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.