Complete Guide: Installing suricata-update on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) 2024

1. Install "suricata-update" package

This is a short guide on how to install suricata-update on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "suricata-update" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall suricata-update on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: suricata-update
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sascha Steinbiss
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 301
Depends: python3:any, ca-certificates, python3-yaml
Filename: pool/universe/s/suricata-update/suricata-update_1.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 55744
MD5sum: a7e0b1d8bb7d343e00d1da036e652a1c
SHA1: 381c5d6151d31c1af7a4b2b28017fade8550fe3d
SHA256: a0be38899c18fcc6b3b797673f2682fbbbfb8aa833698e89b7387bf52896d073
SHA512: 2ac89ba7463b3068b3a6eba3350543201b2bbbe306a5f4a9d9c406af1133e9896cb86ad1f5969903661a5faed27caad47da0adffd944b44e0f7432d5f504f945
Homepage: https://github.com/OISF/suricata-update
Description-en: tool for updating Suricata rules
suricata-update is a tool to easily and reliably fetch and update rule sets
for the Suricata IDS/IPS system. It queries external upstream rule sources
such as Emerging Threat/Proofpoint's rule sets and others, taking into
account user accounts and preferences, and merges all rules into one file
to be loaded into Suricata.
Description-md5: ef12702e496ccffbd7efae25d9ed1495