How To Install sec on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 sec using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sec

How To Uninstall sec on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sec

Remove sec Configurations and Data

To remove sec configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• init-system-helpers
• perl

References

• sec website

Summary

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