How To Install libpreludedb0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpreludedb0 on Debian 9. libpreludedb0 is Security Information Management System [ Base library ]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpreludedb0 on Debian 9.

What is libpreludedb0

libpreludedb0 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 sensor, 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 PreludeDB shared library.

There are three methods to install libpreludedb0 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 libpreludedb0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpreludedb0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpreludedb0

Install libpreludedb0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpreludedb0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpreludedb0

Install libpreludedb0 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 libpreludedb0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpreludedb0

How To Uninstall libpreludedb0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpreludedb0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpreludedb0

Uninstall libpreludedb0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpreludedb0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpreludedb0

Remove libpreludedb0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpreludedb0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpreludedb0

Remove libpreludedb0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpreludedb0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpreludedb0

Dependencies

libpreludedb0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpreludedb0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.