How To Install libpreludecpp12 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpreludecpp12 on Kali Linux. libpreludecpp12 is Security Information and Events Management system [ C++ library ]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpreludecpp12 on Kali Linux.

What is libpreludecpp12

libpreludecpp12 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 C++ shared library.

There are three methods to install libpreludecpp12 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 libpreludecpp12 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpreludecpp12 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpreludecpp12

Install libpreludecpp12 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpreludecpp12 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpreludecpp12

Install libpreludecpp12 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 libpreludecpp12 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpreludecpp12

How To Uninstall libpreludecpp12 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpreludecpp12 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpreludecpp12

Uninstall libpreludecpp12 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpreludecpp12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpreludecpp12

Remove libpreludecpp12 Configurations and Data

To remove libpreludecpp12 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpreludecpp12

Remove libpreludecpp12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpreludecpp12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpreludecpp12

Dependencies

libpreludecpp12 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpreludecpp12 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.