How To Install libprelude2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude2 on Debian 9.
What is libprelude2
libprelude2 is:
Prelude is a Universal “Security Information Management” (SIM) system. Its goals are performance and modularity. It is divided in two main parts :
- the Prelude sensors, responsible for generating alerts, such as snort sensor, featuring a signature engine, plugins for protocol analysis, and intrusion detection plugins, and the Prelude log monitoring lackey.
- the Prelude report server, collecting data from Prelude sensors, and generating user-readable reports.
This package contains the Prelude shared library.
There are three methods to install libprelude2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libprelude2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprelude2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprelude2
Install libprelude2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprelude2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprelude2
Install libprelude2 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libprelude2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprelude2
How To Uninstall libprelude2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libprelude2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprelude2
Uninstall libprelude2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprelude2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprelude2
Remove libprelude2 Configurations and Data
To remove libprelude2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprelude2
Remove libprelude2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprelude2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprelude2
Dependencies
libprelude2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.