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Install logrotate with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, chocolatey

Rotates, compresses, and mails system logs. Version 3.22.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install logrotate.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install logrotate

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install logrotate

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/logrotate/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add logrotate

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · logrotate · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install logrotate

Debian stable package indexes · logrotate · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install logrotate

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · logrotate · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#logrotate

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/lo/logrotate/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S logrotate

Arch Linux sync databases · logrotate · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install logrotate

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · logrotate · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Rotates, compresses, and mails system logs

Commands and aliases

  • logrotate

history

Project history and usage

logrotate is the standard Unix-style utility for rotating, compressing, removing, and optionally mailing log files so long-running systems do not accumulate unbounded logs.

Project history

The official README describes logrotate as a utility designed to simplify administration of systems that generate many log files. Its manpage documents the traditional cron or systemd timer execution model and the central `/etc/logrotate.conf` configuration file.

The current upstream GitHub changelog shows continuing maintenance through modern 3.x releases. Recent entries include systemd integration hardening, state-file locking, Zstandard compression support, stricter parser behavior, fixes for security-sensitive file handling, and a 2024 3.22.0 release with additional parser, rotation, and timer fixes.

Adoption history

logrotate is widely packaged across Unix and Unix-like systems. The supplied package metadata records packages in Alpine, Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian, Fedora/DNF, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE, reflecting its status as infrastructure plumbing rather than an application-specific tool.

Its adoption has been helped by the simple contract between packages and the host system: applications can install small snippets under a system's logrotate configuration directory, while logrotate centralizes schedule, retention, compression, permissions, and post-rotation hooks.

How it is used

Administrators define log paths and directives in `/etc/logrotate.conf` or included configuration files. logrotate can rotate hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, after elapsed minutes, or by size; it can compress old logs, create replacement files, move logs to old directories, run scripts, and maintain a state file to avoid repeated rotations.

Package maintainers care about directives such as `create`, `copytruncate`, `missingok`, `compress`, `delaycompress`, `su`, and `postrotate` because they determine whether daemons keep writing safely after logs are moved or truncated.

Why package nerds care

logrotate is one of the small system tools that package managers quietly depend on. It lets packaged daemons ship predictable log retention behavior without each daemon inventing its own rotation code, and its config snippets are a familiar part of Linux and Unix package post-installation hygiene.

Timeline

  • 2016: 3.11.0 imports systemd service and timer examples and adds new configuration directives.
  • 2018: 3.15.0 renames the default example to logrotate.conf and improves systemd timer behavior.
  • 2020: 3.17.0 adds state-file locking; 3.18.0 adds Zstandard compression support.
  • 2022: 3.20.0 addresses CVE-2022-1348 around state-file handling.
  • 2024: 3.22.0 release fixes time calculations, copy/compress edge cases, named-pipe handling, parser ambiguity, and timer behavior.

Related projects

  • cron and systemd timers: common schedulers for running logrotate.
  • gzip, xz, zstd, and other compressors: external compression tools commonly used by logrotate configurations.
  • syslog and daemon packages: common producers of logs managed by logrotate.

security posture

Risk level: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
  • formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

  • metadata:service
  • text:compress

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
/etc/logrotate.conf

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
logrotateexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version3.22.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:logrotate
Version3.22.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/logrotate/logrotate
Repositoryhttps://github.com/logrotate/logrotate
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Debian apt95%

logrotate 3.22.0-1

Log rotation utility

https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate

sudo apt install logrotate
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 8 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: logrotate from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

logrotate

nix profile install nixpkgs#logrotate
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lo/logrotate/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

logrotate 3.21.0-2build1

Log rotation utility

https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate

sudo apt install logrotate
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 8 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: logrotate from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

logrotate 3.22.0-r0

Tool to rotate logfiles

https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate

sudo apk add logrotate
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: logrotate
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: logrotate from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

logrotate-doc 3.22.0-r0

Tool to rotate logfiles (documentation)

https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate

sudo apk add logrotate-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: logrotate
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: logrotate-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

logrotate-openrc 3.22.0-r0

Tool to rotate logfiles (OpenRC init scripts)

https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate

sudo apk add logrotate-openrc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: logrotate
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: logrotate-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

logrotate-syslog 3.22.0-r0

Rotation for the main syslog file

https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate

sudo apk add logrotate-syslog
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: logrotate
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: logrotate-syslog from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

logrotate 3.22.0-6.fc45

Rotates, compresses, removes and mails system log files

https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate

sudo dnf install logrotate
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: logrotate
  • 9 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: logrotate from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

logrotate 3.22.0-1

Rotates system logs automatically

https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate

sudo pacman -S logrotate
  • License: GPL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: logrotate from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

logrotate 3.22.0-2.6

Cron service for rotating, compressing, mailing and removing system log files

https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate

sudo zypper install logrotate
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: System/Base
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: logrotate
  • 6 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: logrotate from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

logrotate

sudo port install logrotate
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/logrotate/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Chocolatey95%

LogRotate

choco install LogRotate
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Logrotate
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: LogRotate from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','logexpert'

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