How To Install ruby-libprelude on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-libprelude on Kali Linux. ruby-libprelude is Security Information and Events Management system [ Ruby bindings ]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-libprelude on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-libprelude

ruby-libprelude is:

The Prelude Library is a collection of generic functions providing communication between the Prelude SIEM suite components. It provides a convenient interface for sending alerts to Prelude Manager with transparent SSL, failover and replication support, asynchronous events and timer interfaces, an abstracted configuration API (hooking at the commandline, the configuration line, or wide configuration, available from the Manager), and a generic plugin API. It allows you to easily turn your favorite security program into a Prelude sensor.

This package contains the ruby bindings for Prelude.

There are three methods to install ruby-libprelude 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 ruby-libprelude Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-libprelude

Install ruby-libprelude Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-libprelude

Install ruby-libprelude 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 ruby-libprelude using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-libprelude

How To Uninstall ruby-libprelude on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-libprelude package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-libprelude

Uninstall ruby-libprelude And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-libprelude

Remove ruby-libprelude Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-libprelude

Remove ruby-libprelude configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-libprelude

Dependencies

ruby-libprelude have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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