How To Install libpreludedb-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpreludedb-dev on Debian 9.
What is libpreludedb-dev
libpreludedb-dev 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 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 development files for PreludeDB components.
There are three methods to install libpreludedb-dev 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 libpreludedb-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpreludedb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpreludedb-dev
Install libpreludedb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpreludedb-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpreludedb-dev
Install libpreludedb-dev 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 libpreludedb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpreludedb-dev
How To Uninstall libpreludedb-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpreludedb-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpreludedb-dev
Uninstall libpreludedb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpreludedb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpreludedb-dev
Remove libpreludedb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpreludedb-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpreludedb-dev
Remove libpreludedb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpreludedb-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpreludedb-dev
Dependencies
libpreludedb-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpreludedb-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.