How To Install libpreludecpp8 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpreludecpp8 on Ubuntu 18.04. libpreludecpp8 is Security Information and Events Management system [ C++ library ]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpreludecpp8 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libpreludecpp8

libpreludecpp8 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 libpreludecpp8 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 libpreludecpp8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpreludecpp8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpreludecpp8

Install libpreludecpp8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpreludecpp8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpreludecpp8

Install libpreludecpp8 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 libpreludecpp8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpreludecpp8

How To Uninstall libpreludecpp8 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libpreludecpp8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpreludecpp8

Uninstall libpreludecpp8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpreludecpp8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpreludecpp8

Remove libpreludecpp8 Configurations and Data

To remove libpreludecpp8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpreludecpp8

Remove libpreludecpp8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpreludecpp8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpreludecpp8

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpreludecpp8 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.