---
title: Install logsearch on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of logsearch for on Ubuntu - Tool to simplify
  searching logfiles
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/logsearch/ubuntu
---

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# Install logsearch on **Ubuntu**

# logsearch

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/logsearch/ubuntu#install)

#### Tool to simplify searching logfiles

This tool helps searching large numbers of files across multiple locations. It is particularly useful when looking for information in sosreports and can be run against multiple sosreports to get data across hosts.

Note that since this is a strictly confined snap the log files must be under $HOME

**Install**

`sudo snap install logsearch`

If you need to search a path on a remote file-system you will need:

`sudo snap connect logsearch:removable-media`

**Examples**

Basic search - all messages containing ERROR in /var/log/apache:

`logsearch -d apache -k error mysosreports/`

Or to look for errors in /var/log/syslog\* (i.e. files not dir)

`logsearch -f syslog -k error mysosreports/`

Advanced search - all messages containing "2ae8d37" in /var/log/neutron and filtering out any debug or info level messages:

`logsearch -d neutron -k 2ae8d37 -e 'DEBUG|INFO' mysosreports/`

### Package name

* logsearch

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 15 January 2022 - latest/stable
* 15 January 2022 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/logsearch/ubuntu#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install logsearch

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install logsearch

To install logsearch, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install logsearch
```

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