Information about the package, epylog, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The epylog package is designed for, New logs analyzer and parser.
Package Name:
epylog
Summary:
New logs analyzer and parser
Description:
Epylog is a new log notifier and parser which runs periodically out of cron, looks at your logs, processes the entries in order to present them in a more comprehensive format, and then provides you with the output. It is written specifically with large network clusters in mind where a lot of machines (around 50 and upwards) log to the same loghost using syslog or syslog-ng.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.0.7
Release:
1.el6
Size:
147 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the epylog package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install epylog
This command will install epylog on the server.
yum remove epylog
This command will un-install epylog on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove epylog, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove epylog
This command will un-install epylog 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 epylog when using the -y flag.
yum update epylog
This command will update epylog to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove epylog, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update epylog
This command will update epylog 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 epylog when using the -y flag.
yum info epylog
This command will show you core information about the epylog package.
yum deplist epylog
This command will show you the dependencies for epylog. 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 epylog
This command will check if there is an update waiting on epylog. 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.