How To Install ejabberd-mod-logsession on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ejabberd-mod-logsession on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ejabberd-mod-logsession
ejabberd-mod-logsession is:
This module is intended to log the session connections in a text file. Right now it only logs the forbidden connection attempts and the failed authentication attempts.
Each vhost is logged in a different file.
There are three methods to install ejabberd-mod-logsession 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 ejabberd-mod-logsession Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ejabberd-mod-logsession using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ejabberd-mod-logsession
Install ejabberd-mod-logsession Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ejabberd-mod-logsession using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ejabberd-mod-logsession
Install ejabberd-mod-logsession 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 ejabberd-mod-logsession using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ejabberd-mod-logsession
How To Uninstall ejabberd-mod-logsession on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ejabberd-mod-logsession package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ejabberd-mod-logsession
Uninstall ejabberd-mod-logsession And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ejabberd-mod-logsession and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ejabberd-mod-logsession
Remove ejabberd-mod-logsession Configurations and Data
To remove ejabberd-mod-logsession configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ejabberd-mod-logsession
Remove ejabberd-mod-logsession configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ejabberd-mod-logsession configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ejabberd-mod-logsession
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ejabberd-mod-logsession package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
