How To Install python-preludedb on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-preludedb on Debian 9.
What is python-preludedb
python-preludedb 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 Python bindings for PreludeDB.
There are three methods to install python-preludedb 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 python-preludedb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-preludedb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-preludedb
Install python-preludedb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-preludedb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-preludedb
Install python-preludedb 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 python-preludedb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-preludedb
How To Uninstall python-preludedb on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-preludedb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-preludedb
Uninstall python-preludedb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-preludedb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-preludedb
Remove python-preludedb Configurations and Data
To remove python-preludedb configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-preludedb
Remove python-preludedb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-preludedb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-preludedb
Dependencies
python-preludedb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-preludedb package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
