How To Install sagan on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sagan
on Debian 10.
What is sagan
sagan is:
Sagan is a multi-threaded, real time system- and event-log monitoring system, but with a twist. Sagan uses a ??Snort?? like rule set for detecting malicious events happening on your network and/or computer systems. If Sagan detects a potentially bad event, that event can be stored to a Snort database (MySQL/PostgreSQL), send it to a SIEM tool like Prelude, or send an email. Sagan is meant to be used in a ??centralized?? logging environment, but will work fine as part of a standalone Host IDS system for workstations.
There are three methods to install sagan
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sagan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sagan
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sagan
Install sagan Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sagan
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sagan
Install sagan 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sagan
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sagan
How To Uninstall sagan on Debian 10
To uninstall only the sagan
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sagan
Uninstall sagan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sagan
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sagan
Remove sagan Configurations and Data
To remove sagan
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sagan
Remove sagan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sagan
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sagan
Dependencies
sagan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sagan
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.