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
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
.