How to Install and Uninstall suricata-update Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "suricata-update" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install suricata-update on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                suricata-update
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "suricata-update" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall suricata-update on Kali Linux:


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

Package: suricata-update
Version: 1.3.0-2
Installed-Size: 330
Maintainer: Sascha Steinbiss
Architecture: amd64
Depends: python3:any, ca-certificates, python3-yaml
Size: 61592
SHA256: 76b1047ce7ef82a8058c89484a58fc861183fd911fcbf7c4e65cfc85b568a049
SHA1: a6e56f5a57ad63bc4db204b32de90cef8c3a53e1
MD5sum: 6ce254672b94207d85d2f67c3fb89e57
Description: tool for updating Suricata rules
suricata-update is a tool to easily and reliably fetch and update rule sets
for the Suricata IDS/IPS system. It queries external upstream rule sources
such as Emerging Threat/Proofpoint's rule sets and others, taking into
account user accounts and preferences, and merges all rules into one file
to be loaded into Suricata.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/OISF/suricata-update
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/suricata-update/suricata-update_1.3.0-2_amd64.deb