How To Install rsyslog-gnutls on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-gnutls on Kali Linux.

What is rsyslog-gnutls

rsyslog-gnutls is:

This netstream plugin allows rsyslog to send and receive encrypted syslog messages via the syslog-transport-tls IETF standard protocol.

There are three methods to install rsyslog-gnutls 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 rsyslog-gnutls Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-gnutls

Install rsyslog-gnutls Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rsyslog-gnutls

Install rsyslog-gnutls 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 rsyslog-gnutls using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-gnutls

How To Uninstall rsyslog-gnutls on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rsyslog-gnutls package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-gnutls

Uninstall rsyslog-gnutls And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-gnutls

Remove rsyslog-gnutls Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-gnutls

Remove rsyslog-gnutls configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsyslog-gnutls

Dependencies

rsyslog-gnutls have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgnutls30
• rsyslog

References

• rsyslog-gnutls website

Summary

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