How to Install and Uninstall snort-common Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "snort-common" package

Please follow the guidance below to install snort-common on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall snort-common on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: snort-common
Source: snort
Version: 3.1.78.0-0kali1
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 231
Pre-Depends: adduser (>= 3.11), dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
Depends: perl, debconf (>= 0.2.80) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: snort-doc
Conflicts: snort (<< 3.1.78.0-0kali1)
Replaces: snort (<< 1.8.4beta1-1)
Homepage: https://www.snort.org/
Priority: optional
Section: net
Filename: pool/main/s/snort/snort-common_3.1.78.0-0kali1_all.deb
Size: 116148
SHA256: eda9e9a54e47c439be163810ca4bc0a58cab167b2852f356df961e321db14f4b
SHA1: c25f1fd695a0a392febb795786ba00b048b6401a
MD5sum: ea1bdb10e4a324b96f951a7f3974f112
Description: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System - common files
Snort is a libpcap-based packet sniffer/logger which can be used as a
lightweight network intrusion detection system. It features rules-based
logging and can perform content searching/matching in addition to
detecting a variety of other attacks and probes, such as buffer
overflows, stealth port scans, CGI attacks, SMB probes, and much more.
Snort has a real-time alerting capability, with alerts being sent to
syslog, a separate "alert" file, or even to a Windows computer via Samba.
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This is a common package which holds cron jobs, tools, and config files
used by all the different package flavors.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña