How to install Logrotate on Ubuntu

Logrotate should be install by default on your Ubuntu system. If not, follow these instructions:

1. Update your system package list first:

    $ sudo apt update

   After the update is done, the success message should be:

    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    Reading state information... Done
    62 packages can be upgraded. Run apt list --upgradable to see them.

   

2. Install the latest version available of logrotate:

    $ sudo apt install logrotate

   If logrotate is already installed, you should receive the following success message:

    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    logrotate is already the newest version (3.14.0-4ubuntu3).
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.