How To Install libprelude-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprelude-perl
How To Uninstall libprelude-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
