How to Install and Uninstall snort Package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "snort" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install snort on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall snort on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                snort
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the snort package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Package: snort
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.15.1-6build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2030
Pre-Depends: adduser (>= 3.11), init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: snort-common-libraries (>= 2.9.15.1-6build1), snort-rules-default (>= 2.9.15.1-6build1), snort-common (>= 2.9.15.1-6build1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, logrotate, net-tools, lsb-base, libc6 (>= 2.34), libdaq2 (>= 2.0.7), libdumbnet1 (>= 1.8), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libnetfilter-queue1 (>= 1.0.0), libnghttp2-14 (>= 1.5.0), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.0.0), libpcre3, libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: iproute2
Suggests: snort-doc
Conflicts: snort-mysql, snort-pgsql
Replaces: snort-common (<< 2.0.2-3)
Filename: pool/universe/s/snort/snort_2.9.15.1-6build1_amd64.deb
Size: 791710
MD5sum: faec60bb90afd6350be75d3b89854026
SHA1: 8f537782feceb169948cfc740a21e0a8565c0d43
SHA256: d603bb58890fc47d112bcbdf8372f5297098dc80bdde7f5f02e386b93bf09b29
SHA512: 5287183931965c63f5ca2eec25e9d93ea95bfb6b8ed87dbbd5871474439fd01bdbdb8c8cc2c422a5f734227d94cb5f791e633bf3db41d2748ceeb424cb7b4032
Homepage: https://www.snort.org/
Description: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System
Description-md5: 7c97bedaa77cf5f9a17ae772993f82ac