How to Install and Uninstall snort-common Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "snort-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install snort-common on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall snort-common on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                snort-common
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the snort-common package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: snort-common
Architecture: all
Version: 2.9.15.1-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: snort
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 329
Pre-Depends: adduser (>= 3.11)
Depends: perl, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base
Suggests: snort-doc
Conflicts: snort (<< 2.9.15.1-2)
Replaces: snort (<< 1.8.4beta1-1)
Filename: pool/universe/s/snort/snort-common_2.9.15.1-2_all.deb
Size: 45392
MD5sum: 5e6174e4df6fc6ac730908c414fd97c5
SHA1: 06c049152a04dbbe64f6d75980dc0e20334b6158
SHA256: 8d62eff0a945e96d26cf0dd0ebf973a5d378b17ec7eea333f7604f5d1fce5533
SHA512: 4e03d3cc243b6ef0da66b18083194d1101be55908137fb64151af4dab682b942ddcd472328c42711cf8b200403e9b446735d445be272063221253bb68e1b7c38
Homepage: https://www.snort.org/
Description-en: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System - common files
Snort is a libpcap-based packet sniffer/logger which can be used as a
lightweight network intrusion detection system. It features rules-based
logging and can perform content searching/matching in addition to
detecting a variety of other attacks and probes, such as buffer
overflows, stealth port scans, CGI attacks, SMB probes, and much more.
Snort has a real-time alerting capability, with alerts being sent to
syslog, a separate "alert" file, or even to a Windows computer via Samba.
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This is a common package which holds cron jobs, tools, and config files
used by all the different package flavors.
Description-md5: 1d453a79109aceb2104287b250cfdda2