How To Install sagan-rules on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sagan-rules on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is sagan-rules
sagan-rules is:
Sagan is a multi-threaded, real time system- and event-log monitoring system, but with a twist. Sagan uses a “Snort” like rule set for detecting malicious events happening on your network and/or computer systems. If Sagan detects a potentially bad event, that event can be stored to a Snort database (MySQL/PostgreSQL), send it to a SIEM tool like Prelude, or send an email.
This package provides the rules for Sagan.
There are three methods to install sagan-rules on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sagan-rules Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sagan-rules using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sagan-rules
Install sagan-rules Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sagan-rules using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sagan-rules
Install sagan-rules 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sagan-rules using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sagan-rules
How To Uninstall sagan-rules on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the sagan-rules package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sagan-rules
Uninstall sagan-rules And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sagan-rules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sagan-rules
Remove sagan-rules Configurations and Data
To remove sagan-rules configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sagan-rules
Remove sagan-rules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sagan-rules configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sagan-rules
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sagan-rules package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
