How to Install and Uninstall snort-common Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "snort-common" package

This guide let you learn how to install snort-common on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                snort-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "snort-common" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall snort-common on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                snort-common
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the snort-common package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: snort-common
Source: snort
Version: 2.9.7.0-5
Installed-Size: 493
Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Architecture: all
Replaces: snort (<< 1.8.4beta1-1)
Depends: perl, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base
Pre-Depends: adduser (>= 3.11)
Suggests: snort-doc
Conflicts: snort (<< 2.9.7.0-5)
Description: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System - common files
Description-md5: 1d453a79109aceb2104287b250cfdda2
Homepage: http://www.snort.org/
Tag: admin::logging, admin::monitoring, interface::daemon, role::app-data,
role::program, security::ids, use::monitor
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/snort/snort-common_2.9.7.0-5_all.deb
Size: 242900
MD5sum: bb625150b557811cfcf49a828780ecfd
SHA256: 59f5062632087c56e1f82e81dd2782d0c0e72df59b58d2d0753940924593470c