How To Install piwi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install piwi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is piwi
piwi is:
Providing a complete web front-end for the Prelude-Intrusion Detection System with features like : - Alert listing, sorting, masking - Alert details - Source centric view - Alert-type centric view - Source information (IP, MAC, OS via NMAP, known open services)
There are three methods to install piwi 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 piwi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install piwi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install piwi
Install piwi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install piwi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install piwi
Install piwi 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 piwi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install piwi
How To Uninstall piwi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the piwi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove piwi
Uninstall piwi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall piwi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove piwi
Remove piwi Configurations and Data
To remove piwi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge piwi
Remove piwi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove piwi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge piwi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install piwi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
