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How to install Prey on Linux Mint 17.1

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If Prey is news to you, read the introduction at How to integrate Prey into the security posture of your Linux PC, then create a free account at preyproject.com. The rest of this tutorial will show how to install and manage it on Linux Mint 17.1.

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the_doctor ·
Quoting:There’s no binary package for Prey in the repository, so you’ll have to download a .deb package from the project’s download page. Since you’ll be installing it on a Ubuntu-based distribution, download the one for Ubuntu. Save it to the Downloads folder.


Once you’ve downloaded the appropriate file, simply right-click on it and select Open With “GDebi Package Installer”. By default it's the first option listed.

The program may require the installation of other software package dependencies. Just click on the Install Package button, enter your password, and the installer will automatically download all necessary files before installing.

That's it. You're done.

Yeah, it's that easy.

I have Prey installed on everything I own.
BernardSwiss ·
On my Linux Mint 17 box:

bernardo@mintbox: ~ $ aptitude search prey
p   prey                            - utility for tracking stolen computers   

  
bernardo@mintbox: ~ $ aptitude show prey
Package: prey                            
State:  not installed
Version: 0.6.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: all
Uncompressed Size: 1,332 k
Depends: openssl, imagemagick | scrot, bash (>= 4), curl, streamer,
         libio-socket-ssl-perl, libnet-ssleay-perl, python-support (>= 0.90),
         perl, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: python (>= 2.5), python-gtk2
Description: utility for tracking stolen computers
 Prey is a lightweight program to help track and recover a stolen laptop. 
 
 It comprises a shell script which calls out on a regular basis to either a
 server run by the Prey project, or a URL defined by the system administrator. A
 graphical configuration tool is also provided in order to maintain the simple
 config file.
Homepage: http://www.preyproject.com/

the_doctor ·
Same results for Linux Mint 13 and 17.1:

~ $ aptitude search prey
i   prey                 - Utility for tracking stolen or missing computers


~ $ aptitude show prey
Package: prey                            
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 1.3.6
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Maintainer: Tomas Pollak <tomas@forkhq.com>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 17.4 M
Depends: libc6, libgcc1, libstdc++6, dbus, adduser, sudo, python, python-gtk2,
         scrot, streamer, mpg123, dmidecode
Description: Utility for tracking stolen or missing computers
 Prey is a lightweight program that will help you find, lock and recover your
 computer should it ever get lost or stolen.
Homepage: http://preyproject.com


Cool!

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