How to Install and Uninstall yara Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "yara" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install yara on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall yara on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                yara
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the yara package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: yara
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.9.0-1
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 85
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libyara3 (>= 3.8.0)
Filename: pool/universe/y/yara/yara_3.9.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 20428
MD5sum: 55e2af05c431cfafe40d51101c1cbf4b
SHA1: 7782cfe41e8005b82370a422428e43fa7bb05359
SHA256: 94e4f128e5d37e8f0323e1309562e238420d2670a9fea03ad937a9ecfea800ae
Homepage: https://virustotal.github.io/yara/
Description: Pattern matching swiss knife for malware researchers
Description-md5: 5bc661c5fe8f0ebddb9615d71f1eb8e3