How To Install libprelude-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude-perl on Kali Linux. libprelude-perl is Security Information and Events Management system [ Perl bindings ]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libprelude-perl

libprelude-perl 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 perl bindings for Prelude.

There are three methods to install libprelude-perl 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-perl 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-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libprelude-perl

Install libprelude-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libprelude-perl

Install libprelude-perl 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 libprelude-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprelude-perl

How To Uninstall libprelude-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libprelude-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libprelude-perl

Uninstall libprelude-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprelude-perl

Remove libprelude-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libprelude-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libprelude-perl

Remove libprelude-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprelude-perl

Dependencies

libprelude-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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