How To Install libprelude-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude-dev on Debian 9.
What is libprelude-dev
libprelude-dev is:
Prelude is a Universal “Security Information Management” (SIM) system. Its goals are performance and modularity. It is divided in two main parts :
- the Prelude sensors, responsible for generating alerts, such as snort featuring a signature engine, plugins for protocol analysis, and intrusion detection plugins, and the Prelude log monitoring lackey.
- the Prelude report server, collecting data from Prelude sensors, and generating user-readable reports.
This package contains the development files for Prelude components.
There are three methods to install libprelude-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libprelude-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprelude-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprelude-dev
Install libprelude-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprelude-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprelude-dev
Install libprelude-dev 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 libprelude-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprelude-dev
How To Uninstall libprelude-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libprelude-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprelude-dev
Uninstall libprelude-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprelude-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprelude-dev
Remove libprelude-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libprelude-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprelude-dev
Remove libprelude-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprelude-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprelude-dev
Dependencies
libprelude-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
