How to Install and Uninstall portsentry Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the portsentry on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "portsentry" package

Please follow the guidance below to install portsentry on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "portsentry" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall portsentry on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the portsentry package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: portsentry
Source: portsentry (1.2-14)
Version: 1.2-14+b1
Installed-Size: 175
Maintainer: Dario Minnucci
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 1.2.9) | debconf-2.0, net-tools, procps, libfile-temp-perl
Recommends: tcpd
Suggests: logcheck
Description: Portscan detection daemon
Description-md5: ff8ecc87ed516a7095261180d5556efa
Homepage: http://sentrytools.sourceforge.net/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::server, network::service,
role::program, security::ids, use::monitor
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/portsentry/portsentry_1.2-14+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 70976
MD5sum: cddab7d92dda7d81ab8f243ed71b591c
SHA256: b99f3709a4894d8f3340ef03dfddcf3946cebcf1a931219e6bf2ef32c9d27b7a