How To Install colorized-logs on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install colorized-logs on Ubuntu.
What is colorized-logs
colorized-logs is:
Some tools like gcc, dmesg, grep –color, colordiff, ccze, etc can enhance their output with color, making reading a lot more pleasant. You can usually view that only on your terminal or with “less -R”; this package gives you:
- ansi2html: convert logs to HTML
- ansi2txt: drop ANSI control codes
- ttyrec2ansi: drop timing data from ttyrec files
- pipetty: makes a program think its stdout and stderr are connected to a terminal; use as a prefix: “pipetty dmesg|tee”
- lesstty: pipe a program (as above) to “less -R”
There are three methods to install colorized-logs on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install colorized-logs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install colorized-logs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install colorized-logs
Install colorized-logs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install colorized-logs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install colorized-logs
Install colorized-logs 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 colorized-logs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install colorized-logs
How To Uninstall colorized-logs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the colorized-logs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove colorized-logs
Uninstall colorized-logs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall colorized-logs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove colorized-logs
Remove colorized-logs Configurations and Data
To remove colorized-logs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge colorized-logs
Remove colorized-logs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove colorized-logs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colorized-logs
Dependencies
colorized-logs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install colorized-logs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.