How To Install sagan-rules on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sagan-rules

sagan-rules 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.

This package provides the rules for Sagan.

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

sudo apt-get -y install sagan-rules

Install sagan-rules Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sagan-rules

Install sagan-rules 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-rules using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sagan-rules

How To Uninstall sagan-rules on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sagan-rules package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sagan-rules

Uninstall sagan-rules And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sagan-rules

Remove sagan-rules Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sagan-rules

Remove sagan-rules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sagan-rules

Dependencies

sagan-rules have the following dependencies:

References

• sagan-rules website

Summary

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