How To Install ruby-libprelude on Kali Linux
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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-libprelude using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-libpreludeInstall ruby-libprelude Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-libprelude using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-libpreludeInstall 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-libprelude using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-libpreludeHow 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-libpreludeUninstall 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-libpreludeRemove 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-libpreludeRemove 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-libpreludeDependencies
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.
