How To Install liblogger-syslog-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblogger-syslog-perl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is liblogger-syslog-perl
liblogger-syslog-perl is:
You want to deal with syslog, but you don’t want to bother with Sys::Syslog, that module is for you.
Logger::Syslog takes care of everything regarding the Syslog communication, all you have to do is to use the function you need to send a message to syslog.
Logger::Syslog provides one function per Syslog message level: debug, info, warning, error, notice, critic, alert.
There are three methods to install liblogger-syslog-perl on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblogger-syslog-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblogger-syslog-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblogger-syslog-perl
Install liblogger-syslog-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblogger-syslog-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblogger-syslog-perl
Install liblogger-syslog-perl 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 liblogger-syslog-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblogger-syslog-perl
How To Uninstall liblogger-syslog-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the liblogger-syslog-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblogger-syslog-perl
Uninstall liblogger-syslog-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblogger-syslog-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblogger-syslog-perl
Remove liblogger-syslog-perl Configurations and Data
To remove liblogger-syslog-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblogger-syslog-perl
Remove liblogger-syslog-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblogger-syslog-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblogger-syslog-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblogger-syslog-perl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
