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

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "snort-doc" package

This tutorial shows how to install snort-doc on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall snort-doc on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                snort-doc
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the snort-doc package on Kali Linux

Package: snort-doc
Source: snort
Version: 3.1.78.0-0kali1
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 1541
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.snort.org/
Priority: optional
Section: doc
Filename: pool/main/s/snort/snort-doc_3.1.78.0-0kali1_all.deb
Size: 1510680
SHA256: db439fb4daa92264eb2691afbf68f6d08fc921e14dbd750587681fec7810c7bc
SHA1: 702b57e355d827f8d6dde6b2d0d84cfaa63a8a54
MD5sum: ab4ce11a324262ddba637d68da6e22fe
Description: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System - documentation
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 package provides the documentation for Snort.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña