How To Install libfalcosecurity0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libfalcosecurity0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libfalcosecurity0 is Core libraries for Falco and Sysdig

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfalcosecurity0 on Debian 12.

What is libfalcosecurity0

libfalcosecurity0 is:

Sysdig instruments your physical and virtual machines at the OS level by installing into the Linux kernel and capturing system calls and other OS events. Then, using sysdig’s command line interface, you can filter and decode these events in order to extract useful information and statistics.

This package contains the run-time libraries to read the events from the driver.

There are three methods to install libfalcosecurity0 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libfalcosecurity0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfalcosecurity0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfalcosecurity0

Install libfalcosecurity0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfalcosecurity0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfalcosecurity0

Install libfalcosecurity0 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libfalcosecurity0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfalcosecurity0

How To Uninstall libfalcosecurity0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libfalcosecurity0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfalcosecurity0

Uninstall libfalcosecurity0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfalcosecurity0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfalcosecurity0

Remove libfalcosecurity0 Configurations and Data

To remove libfalcosecurity0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfalcosecurity0

Remove libfalcosecurity0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfalcosecurity0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfalcosecurity0

Dependencies

libfalcosecurity0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfalcosecurity0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.