suricata on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "suricata" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install suricata on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall suricata on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "suricata" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone suricata's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/suricata.git 
            
                        
                ~/suricata
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/suricata folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/suricata
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the suricata package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1415838
Name: suricata
PackageBaseID: 33326
PackageBase: suricata
Version: 7.0.3-1
Description: A high performance Network IDS, IPS and Network Security Monitoring engine
URL: https://suricata.io/
NumVotes: 32
Popularity: 0.01016
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jskier
Submitter: Dragonlord
FirstSubmitted: 1262552578
LastModified: 1708960318
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/suricata.tar.gz