Information about the package, logwatch, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The logwatch package is designed for, A log file analysis program.
Package Name:
logwatch
Summary:
A log file analysis program
Description:
Logwatch is a customizable, pluggable log-monitoring system. It will go through your logs for a given period of time and make a report in the areas that you wish with the detail that you wish. Easy to use - works right out of the package on many systems.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
7.3.6
Release:
55.el6
Size:
303 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the logwatch package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install logwatch
This command will install logwatch on the server.
yum remove logwatch
This command will un-install logwatch on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove logwatch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove logwatch
This command will un-install logwatch on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove logwatch when using the -y flag.
yum update logwatch
This command will update logwatch to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove logwatch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update logwatch
This command will update logwatch to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove logwatch when using the -y flag.
yum info logwatch
This command will show you core information about the logwatch package.
yum deplist logwatch
This command will show you the dependencies for logwatch. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update logwatch
This command will check if there is an update waiting on logwatch. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.