How To Install sagan on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sagan on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 sagan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sagan

How To Uninstall sagan on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sagan

Remove sagan Configurations and Data

To remove sagan configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6
• libfastjson4
• liblognorm5
• libpcre3
• libyaml-0-2
• adduser
• sagan-rules
• lsb-base

References

• sagan website

Summary

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