How To Install logrotate.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install logrotate.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. logrotate.x86_64 is Rotates, compresses, removes and mails system log files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install logrotate.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `logrotate.x86_64`

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. Install the logrotate package if you need a utility to deal with the log files on your system.

We can use yum to install logrotate.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install logrotate.x86_64.

Install logrotate.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install logrotate.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install logrotate.x86_64

How To Uninstall logrotate.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the logrotate.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove logrotate.x86_64

logrotate.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/cron.daily/logrotate
/etc/logrotate.conf
/etc/logrotate.d
/etc/rwtab.d/logrotate
/usr/sbin/logrotate
/usr/share/doc/logrotate-3.8.6
/usr/share/doc/logrotate-3.8.6/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/logrotate-3.8.6/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/logrotate.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/logrotate.8.gz
/var/lib/logrotate
/var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status

References

logrotate.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install logrotate.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.