How To Install socklog on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install socklog
on Kali Linux.
What is socklog
socklog is:
socklog cooperates with the runit package to create a small and secure replacement for rsyslog. socklog supports system logging through Unix domain sockets (/dev/log), UDP sockets (0.0.0.0:514), as well as TCP socket, with the help of runit’s runsvdir, runsv, and svlogd. socklog provides a different network logging concept, and also does log event notification. svlogd has built in log file rotation based on file size, so there is no need for any cron jobs to rotate the logs. socklog is small, secure, and reliable.
This package contains the socklog binaries and manual pages.
There are three methods to install socklog
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 socklog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install socklog
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install socklog Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install socklog
using apt
by running the following command:
Install socklog 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.
After updating apt database, We can install socklog
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall socklog on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the socklog
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall socklog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall socklog
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove socklog Configurations and Data
To remove socklog
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove socklog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove socklog
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
socklog have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install socklog
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.