How To Install libprelude-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libprelude-dev
libprelude-dev is:
The Prelude Library is a collection of generic functions providing communication between the Prelude SIEM suite components. It provides a convenient interface for sending alerts to Prelude Manager with transparent SSL, failover and replication support, asynchronous events and timer interfaces, an abstracted configuration API (hooking at the commandline, 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.
This package contains the development files for Prelude components.
There are three methods to install libprelude-dev 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 libprelude-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libprelude-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprelude-devInstall libprelude-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libprelude-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprelude-devInstall libprelude-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libprelude-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprelude-devHow To Uninstall libprelude-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libprelude-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprelude-devUninstall libprelude-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprelude-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprelude-devRemove libprelude-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libprelude-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprelude-devRemove libprelude-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprelude-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprelude-devDependencies
libprelude-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.