Information about the package, eventlog, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The eventlog package is designed for, Syslog-ng v2/v3 support library.
Package Name:
eventlog
Summary:
Syslog-ng v2/v3 support library
Description:
The EventLog library aims to be a replacement of the simple syslog() API provided on UNIX systems. The major difference between EventLog and syslog is that EventLog tries to add structure to messages. EventLog provides an interface to build, format and output an event record. The exact format and output method can be customized by the administrator via a configuration file. This package is the runtime part of the library.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.2.13
Release:
1.el6
Size:
17 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the eventlog package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install eventlog
This command will install eventlog on the server.
yum remove eventlog
This command will un-install eventlog on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove eventlog, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove eventlog
This command will un-install eventlog 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 eventlog when using the -y flag.
yum update eventlog
This command will update eventlog to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove eventlog, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update eventlog
This command will update eventlog 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 eventlog when using the -y flag.
yum info eventlog
This command will show you core information about the eventlog package.
yum deplist eventlog
This command will show you the dependencies for eventlog. 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 eventlog
This command will check if there is an update waiting on eventlog. 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.