How to Install and Uninstall portsentry Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "portsentry" package

This tutorial shows how to install portsentry on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall portsentry on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                portsentry
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the portsentry package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: portsentry
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-14build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dario Minnucci
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 169
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 1.2.9) | debconf-2.0, net-tools, procps, libfile-temp-perl
Recommends: tcpd
Suggests: logcheck
Filename: pool/universe/p/portsentry/portsentry_1.2-14build1_amd64.deb
Size: 63088
MD5sum: 7b6c76d35b9d7757c0166edd1d66a85d
SHA1: dbef2f0cbec8327f0c2a5cad5bba5a946a3481a9
SHA256: c371a2ce60514ae99a338c915b0c672dca3f02187a63a931a25203d752af70d3
Homepage: http://sentrytools.sourceforge.net/
Description: Portscan detection daemon
Description-md5: ff8ecc87ed516a7095261180d5556efa