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

Last updated: November 05,2024

1. Install "snort" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install snort on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall snort on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: snort
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.7.0-5build1
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: 1940
Pre-Depends: adduser (>= 3.11)
Depends: snort-common-libraries (>= 2.9.7.0-5build1), snort-rules-default (>= 2.9.7.0-5build1), snort-common (>= 2.9.7.0-5build1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, logrotate, net-tools, libc6 (>= 2.16), libdaq2, libdumbnet1 (>= 1.8), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.0.0), libpcre3, 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_2.9.7.0-5build1_amd64.deb
Size: 656492
MD5sum: 60df4d61ed80e198d8352ec995f0df38
SHA1: 873fdfec80c24194b2c794b8decfc34438d8cf91
SHA256: c988118cf43bc140ec04fe4760a7f44e5081864abc456574bdbec30969a35dca
Homepage: http://www.snort.org/
Description: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System
Description-md5: 7c97bedaa77cf5f9a17ae772993f82ac