How to Install GoAccess on POP! OS Latest

GoAccess is a real-time web log analyzer that provides quick and easy visual access to the traffic and performance of your web server. This tutorial will show you how to install GoAccess on POP! OS latest using the command line.

Prerequisites

Installation Steps

  1. Open the terminal or command prompt.

  2. Update the package list by running the following command:

    sudo apt update
    
  3. Install GoAccess by running the following command:

    sudo apt install goaccess
    
  4. Verify the version of GoAccess installed by running the following command:

    goaccess --version
    

    The output should show the version of GoAccess installed.

    GoAccess - 1.4
    
  5. To use GoAccess with access logs of your web server, navigate to the directory containing your access logs by running the following command:

    cd /var/log/nginx/
    

    Note: Replace /var/log/nginx/ with the directory containing your web server access logs.

  6. Run GoAccess by running the following command:

    sudo goaccess access.log -o report.html --log-format=COMBINED
    

    Note: Replace access.log with the name of your access log file.

  7. Open the HTML report by running the following command:

    xdg-open report.html
    

    This will open the report in your default web browser.

Conclusion

GoAccess is now installed on your POP! OS latest installation. You can use GoAccess to analyze the access logs of your web server and gain insights on the traffic and performance of your website.

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