How to Install and Uninstall libyara8 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "libyara8" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libyara8 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libyara8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libyara8" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libyara8 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libyara8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libyara8 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libyara8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.1.0-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: yara
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 404
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libjansson4 (>= 2.1), libmagic1 (>= 5.12), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/y/yara/libyara8_4.1.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 156964
MD5sum: 787958cd244fbc7ffbbb4e8e08b89b82
SHA1: feff14236924bc72f544cc6743fc448b83b4d9f7
SHA256: cbda78fb53e455810c63d6181f192e4dcd63264891f56ef83ffbb6b91e56b97e
SHA512: f120afde0c38be6a663e78b054fce0a4bd7939cc152bfb90af1f2d3fa34841cd4f7929a1cd3b47a605a0f7596ff40b090ecbd11490603404750be33ec31cd99c
Homepage: https://virustotal.github.io/yara/
Description-en: YARA shared library
YARA is a tool aimed at helping malware researchers to identify and
classify malware samples. With YARA, it is possible to create
descriptions of malware families based on textual or binary patterns
contained in samples of those families. Each description consists of
a set of strings and a Boolean expression which determines its logic.
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Complex and powerful rules can be created by using binary strings with
wild-cards, case-insensitive text strings, special operators, regular
expressions and many other features.
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This package provides a shared library.
Description-md5: c3e039265e1adeb77f9cfe32bffeccf8