How To Install libprelude28 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude28 on Kali Linux. libprelude28 is Security Information and Events Management system [ Base library ]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude28 on Kali Linux.

What is libprelude28

libprelude28 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 Prelude shared library.

There are three methods to install libprelude28 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 libprelude28 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libprelude28 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libprelude28

Install libprelude28 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libprelude28 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libprelude28

Install libprelude28 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 libprelude28 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprelude28

How To Uninstall libprelude28 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libprelude28 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libprelude28

Uninstall libprelude28 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libprelude28 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprelude28

Remove libprelude28 Configurations and Data

To remove libprelude28 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libprelude28

Remove libprelude28 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libprelude28 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprelude28

Dependencies

libprelude28 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprelude28 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.