How To Install logrotate 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 logrotate on Ubuntu.
What is logrotate
logrotate is:
The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files on a system which generates a lot of log files. Logrotate allows for the automatic rotation compression, removal and mailing of log files. Logrotate can be set to handle a log file daily, weekly, monthly or when the log file gets to a certain size. Normally, logrotate runs as a daily cron job.
There are three methods to install logrotate 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 logrotate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install logrotate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install logrotate
Install logrotate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install logrotate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install logrotate
Install logrotate 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 logrotate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install logrotate
How To Uninstall logrotate on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the logrotate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove logrotate
Uninstall logrotate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall logrotate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove logrotate
Remove logrotate Configurations and Data
To remove logrotate configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge logrotate
Remove logrotate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove logrotate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge logrotate
Dependencies
logrotate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install logrotate package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.