How to Install and Uninstall portsentry Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 02,2024

You can also install and uninstall the portsentry on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "portsentry" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install portsentry on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall portsentry on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                portsentry
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the portsentry package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: portsentry
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-14build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dario Minnucci
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 169
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 1.2.9) | debconf-2.0, net-tools, procps, libfile-temp-perl
Recommends: tcpd
Suggests: logcheck
Filename: pool/universe/p/portsentry/portsentry_1.2-14build1_amd64.deb
Size: 63088
MD5sum: 7b6c76d35b9d7757c0166edd1d66a85d
SHA1: dbef2f0cbec8327f0c2a5cad5bba5a946a3481a9
SHA256: c371a2ce60514ae99a338c915b0c672dca3f02187a63a931a25203d752af70d3
SHA512: 16fdf70cd956a8dfffa8bc4e0e982e279357ea48926f85269ac00612c31c8b8d957e24629a6a1791d3d78d529117a1e693467769949097e39028004704249137
Homepage: http://sentrytools.sourceforge.net/
Description: Portscan detection daemon
Description-md5: ff8ecc87ed516a7095261180d5556efa