How To Install libprelude-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libprelude-doc
libprelude-doc 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 documentation for developers for Prelude components.
There are three methods to install libprelude-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libprelude-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprelude-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprelude-doc
Install libprelude-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprelude-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprelude-doc
Install libprelude-doc 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 libprelude-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprelude-doc
How To Uninstall libprelude-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libprelude-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprelude-doc
Uninstall libprelude-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprelude-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprelude-doc
Remove libprelude-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libprelude-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprelude-doc
Remove libprelude-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprelude-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprelude-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.