[syslog-ng] unable to install syslog-ng ubuntu 16.04
Simon Mousey Smith
simonsmith5521 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 9 12:04:36 UTC 2016
Hi
Doesn’t work with my 16.04 yet, so I will hang fire!
regards
Simon
> On 8 Nov 2016, at 20:42, Budai, László <laszlo.budai at balabit.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've built packages of syslog-ng for Ubuntu 16.10 (it worked for me).
> Could someone test it?
>
> My plan is to check the 16.04 issue on Friday.
>
> regards,
> Laszlo Budai
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Simon Mousey Smith <simonsmith5521 at gmail.com <mailto:simonsmith5521 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Thank you for trying to help out anyways,
>
> If u remember how u got it installed it would be very helpful!
>
> regards
>
> Simon
>
>> On 8 Nov 2016, at 16:49, Clayton Dukes <cdukes at logzilla.net <mailto:cdukes at logzilla.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Our customers are installing it (as are we in test servers) without any problems.
>> I did, however, have this problem several months ago but have no seen it since. Sadly, I don't remember how I fixed it. Sorry :(
>>
>> (note: I am not a Balabit employee, just trying to help out)
>>
>>
>> From: syslog-ng <syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu>> on behalf of Varugis Kurien <vkurien at midfinsystems.com <mailto:vkurien at midfinsystems.com>>
>> Reply-To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>>
>> Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 11:46 AM
>> To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>>
>> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] unable to install syslog-ng ubuntu 16.04
>>
>> I do exactly that using ansible. No luck. The problem is in the packaging itself.
>> From: syslog-ng <syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu>> on behalf of Clayton Dukes <cdukes at logzilla.net <mailto:cdukes at logzilla.net>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 8:41:36 AM
>> To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] unable to install syslog-ng ubuntu 16.04
>>
>> Try this (from our kickstart script at http://logzilla.sh) <http://logzilla.sh)>
>>
>> # Syslog-ng Repo:
>> source /etc/lsb-release
>> grep -q "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/laszlo_budai:/syslog-ng/xUbuntu_${DISTRIB_RELEASE} <http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/laszlo_budai:/syslog-ng/xUbuntu_$%7BDISTRIB_RELEASE%7D> ./" \
>> /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list || \
>> echo "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/laszlo_budai:/syslog-ng/xUbuntu_${DISTRIB_RELEASE} <http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/laszlo_budai:/syslog-ng/xUbuntu_$%7BDISTRIB_RELEASE%7D> ./" \
>> > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syslog-ng.list
>> apt-key list | grep -q laszlo_budai:syslog-ng || wget -qO- \
>> "http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/laszlo_budai:/syslog-ng/xUbuntu_${DISTRIB_RELEASE}/Release.key <http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/laszlo_budai:/syslog-ng/xUbuntu_$%7BDISTRIB_RELEASE%7D/Release.key>" | \
>> sudo apt-key add - >/dev/null
>>
>> apt update
>> apt install syslog-ng
>>
>>
>> From: syslog-ng <syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu>> on behalf of Simon Mousey Smith <simonsmith5521 at gmail.com <mailto:simonsmith5521 at gmail.com>>
>> Reply-To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>>
>> Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 7:10 AM
>> To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>>
>> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] unable to install syslog-ng ubuntu 16.04
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Im still no luck either :(
>>
>> Tried assorts but no luck
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Simon
>>
>> On 8 Nov 2016, at 12:10, Varugis Kurien <vkurien at midfinsystems.com <mailto:vkurien at midfinsystems.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Laszlo,
>> 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.
>> From: syslog-ng <syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu>> on behalf of Laszlo Budai <laszlo.budai at outlook.com <mailto:laszlo.budai at outlook.com>>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2016 1:59:09 PM
>> To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] unable to install syslog-ng ubuntu 16.04
>>
>> Hi,
>> in docker it is not working...
>> I'll try to fix this issue.
>>
>> regards,
>> Laszlo Budai
>>
>> _____________________________
>> From: Scheidler, Balázs <balazs.scheidler at balabit.com <mailto:balazs.scheidler at 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 at balabit.hu <mailto:lbudai at balabit.hu>>, Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng at 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.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bazsi
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Simon Smith <simonsmith5521 at gmail.com <mailto:simonsmith5521 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> has anyone been able to install syslog-ng 3.8 successfully on ubuntu 16.04 ?
>>
>> I’m using the link from the mailing list a few months ago but again no luck - http://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2016-August/023150.html <http://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2016-August/023150.html>
>>
>> no matter what packages i try to install it just won’t work
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>> root at syslog:~# apt-get 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 at syslog:~# apt-get install syslog-ng-core
>> 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-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 at syslog:~# apt-get install syslog-ng-mod-journal
>> 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-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 at 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
>> 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-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.
>> root at syslog:~#
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Simon - Hestor Ltd
>>
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