How To Install logcheck-database on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install logcheck-database on Kali Linux.

What is logcheck-database

logcheck-database is:

This database is part of the Logcheck package, but might be used by others. It brings a database of regular expressions for matching system log entries after various criteria.

There are three methods to install logcheck-database 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 logcheck-database Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install logcheck-database

Install logcheck-database Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install logcheck-database

Install logcheck-database 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 logcheck-database using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install logcheck-database

How To Uninstall logcheck-database on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the logcheck-database package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove logcheck-database

Uninstall logcheck-database And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove logcheck-database

Remove logcheck-database Configurations and Data

To remove logcheck-database configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge logcheck-database

Remove logcheck-database configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge logcheck-database

Dependencies

logcheck-database have the following dependencies:

References

• logcheck-database website

Summary

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