root@syslog:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt install syslog-ng
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
syslog-ng : Depends: syslog-ng-core (>= 3.8.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: syslog-ng-mod-sql but it is not going to be installed
Depends: syslog-ng-mod-mongodb but it is not going to be installed
Depends: syslog-ng-mod-json but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-journal but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-smtp but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-amqp but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-geoip but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-redis but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-stomp but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-riemann but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-graphite but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-python but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-java but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-java-common-lib but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-elastic but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-hdfs but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-kafka but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-http but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-curl but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-kvformat but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@syslog:/etc/apt/sources.list.d#
Simon
# Syslog-ng Repo:
source /etc/lsb-release
/etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list || \
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syslog-ng.list
apt-key list | grep -q laszlo_budai:syslog-ng || wget -qO- \
sudo apt-key add - >/dev/null
apt update
apt install syslog-ng
Hi,
Im still no luck either :(
Tried assorts but no luck
Have you been able to get this to work? I am in exactly the same position as Simon - I need the ability to parse Linux audit logs in syslog-ng.
in docker it is not working...
I'll try to fix this issue.
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From: Scheidler, Balázs <balazs.scheidler@balabit.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2016 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] unable to install syslog-ng ubuntu 16.04n
To: László Budai <lbudai@balabit.hu>, Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu>
Indeed, I think the problem is that syslog-ng core depends on syslog-ng-mod-journal, which recursively depends on syslog-ng-core through a Provides line.
Hmm.. the funny part that a week ago I successfully installed the same package on one of my servers, but now in a clean docker container I couldn't do that.
I have a workaround, attached you'll find an equivs compatible control file, that provides the missing dependency, once that is installed, "apt-get install syslog-ng" works.
It goes like this:
# dpkg -i syslog-ng-abi-3.8-0_3.8.1-1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package syslog-ng-abi-3.8-0.
(Reading database ... 7256 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack syslog-ng-abi-3.8-0_3.8.1-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking syslog-ng-abi-3.8-0 (3.8.1-1) ...
Setting up syslog-ng-abi-3.8-0 (3.8.1-1) ...
# apt-get install syslog-ng-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
cron libevtlog0 libffi6 libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-data libicu55 libivykis0 libnet1 libpopt0 libssl1.0.0 libwrap0 libxml2 logrotate sgml-base
shared-mime-info syslog-ng-mod-journal tcpd xdg-user-dirs xml-core
Suggested packages:
anacron checksecurity exim4 | postfix | mail-transport-agent mailx sgml-base-doc syslog-ng-mod-sql syslog-ng-mod-mongodb syslog-ng-mod-json
syslog-ng-mod-smtp syslog-ng-mod-amqp syslog-ng-mod-geoip syslog-ng-mod-redis syslog-ng-mod-stomp syslog-ng-mod-riemann syslog-ng-mod-graphite
syslog-ng-mod-python syslog-ng-mod-java syslog-ng-mod-java-common-lib syslog-ng-mod-elastic syslog-ng-mod-hdfs syslog-ng-mod-kafka syslog-ng-mod-http
syslog-ng-mod-curl syslog-ng-mod-kvformat syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data debhelper
The following NEW packages will be installed:
cron libevtlog0 libffi6 libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-data libicu55 libivykis0 libnet1 libpopt0 libssl1.0.0 libwrap0 libxml2 logrotate sgml-base
shared-mime-info syslog-ng-core syslog-ng-mod-journal tcpd xdg-user-dirs xml-core
0 upgraded, 20 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 49.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
The "syslog-ng-core" package only contains a subset of the syslog-ng package, pulling in a smaller set of dependencies, whereas syslog-ng is the full set.
The abi package here is just a fake one, I'll make sure this packaging issue gets fixed.
Hi All
has anyone been able to install syslog-ng 3.8 successfully on ubuntu 16.04 ?
no matter what packages i try to install it just won’t work
root@syslog:~# apt-get install syslog-ng
Reading package lists... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
syslog-ng : Depends: syslog-ng-core (>= 3.8.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: syslog-ng-mod-sql but it is not going to be installed
Depends: syslog-ng-mod-mongodb but it is not going to be installed
Depends: syslog-ng-mod-json but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-journal but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-smtp but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-amqp but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-geoip but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-redis but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-stomp but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-riemann but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-graphite but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-python but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-java but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-java-common-lib but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-elastic but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-hdfs but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-kafka but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-http but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-curl but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-kvformat but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@syslog:~# apt-get install syslog-ng-core
Reading package lists... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
syslog-ng-core : Depends: syslog-ng-mod-journal but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@syslog:~# apt-get install syslog-ng-mod-journal
Reading package lists... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
syslog-ng-mod-journal : Depends: syslog-ng-abi-3.8-0 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@syslog:~# apt-get install syslog-ng syslog-ng-core syslog-ng-mod-sql syslog-ng-mod-mongodb syslog-ng-mod-json syslog-ng-mod-journal
Reading package lists... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
syslog-ng-mod-journal : Depends: syslog-ng-abi-3.8-0 but it is not installable
syslog-ng-mod-json : Depends: syslog-ng-abi-3.8-0 but it is not installable
syslog-ng-mod-mongodb : Depends: syslog-ng-abi-3.8-0 but it is not installable
syslog-ng-mod-sql : Depends: syslog-ng-abi-3.8-0 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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