How To Install libgrok1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrok1 on Kali Linux.

What is libgrok1

libgrok1 is:

The grok library provides the pattern matching features of grok in your own tools. There are currently C and Ruby APIs.

Grok is simple software that allows you to easily parse logs and other files. With grok, you can turn unstructured log and event data into structured data.

There are three methods to install libgrok1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgrok1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgrok1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgrok1

Install libgrok1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgrok1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgrok1

Install libgrok1 Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libgrok1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgrok1

How To Uninstall libgrok1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgrok1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgrok1

Uninstall libgrok1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgrok1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgrok1

Remove libgrok1 Configurations and Data

To remove libgrok1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgrok1

Remove libgrok1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgrok1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgrok1

Dependencies

libgrok1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libevent-2.1-7
• libpcre3
• libtokyocabinet9

References

• libgrok1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrok1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.