How To Install rsyslog-gssapi on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rsyslog-gssapi

rsyslog-gssapi is:

These plugins allow rsyslog to write and/or receive GSSAPI authenticated and encrypted syslog messages. GSSAPI is commonly used for Kerberos authentication.

There are three methods to install rsyslog-gssapi 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-gssapi 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-gssapi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-gssapi

Install rsyslog-gssapi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rsyslog-gssapi

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

sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-gssapi

How To Uninstall rsyslog-gssapi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-gssapi

Uninstall rsyslog-gssapi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-gssapi

Remove rsyslog-gssapi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-gssapi

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

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

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

Dependencies

rsyslog-gssapi have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgssapi-krb5-2
• rsyslog

References

• rsyslog-gssapi website

Summary

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