How To Install libprelude on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude on AlmaLinux 8.
What is libprelude
Libprelude is a collection of generic functions providing communication between all Sensors, like IDS (Intrusion Detection System), and the Prelude Manager. It provides a convenient interface for sending and receiving IDMEF (Information and Event Message Exchange Format) alerts to Prelude Manager with transparent SSL, fail-over and replication support, asynchronous events and timer interfaces, an abstracted configuration API (hooking at the command-line, the configuration line, or wide configuration, available from the Manager), and a generic plugin API. It allows you to easily turn your favorite security program into a Prelude sensor.
We can use yum or dnf to install libprelude on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libprelude.
Install libprelude on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libprelude using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libprelude
Install libprelude on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install libprelude using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libprelude
How To Uninstall libprelude on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the libprelude package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libprelude
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
