How To Install sec on Debian 10

Learn how to install sec on Debian 10 with this tutorial. sec is Simple Event Correlator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sec on Debian 10.

What is sec

sec is:

SEC is a simple event correlation tool that takes input and executes actions based on rules. It is very flexible and can be used with anything that can write out to a file stream.

There are three methods to install sec 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 sec Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sec

Install sec Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sec using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sec

Install sec 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 sec using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sec

How To Uninstall sec on Debian 10

To uninstall only the sec package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sec

Uninstall sec And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sec and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sec

Remove sec Configurations and Data

To remove sec configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sec

Remove sec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sec

Dependencies

sec have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sec package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.