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

Last updated: April 25,2024

You can also install and uninstall the snort 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 "snort" package

This tutorial shows how to install snort on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall snort on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: snort
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.15.1-6build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2030
Pre-Depends: adduser (>= 3.11), init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: snort-common-libraries (>= 2.9.15.1-6build1), snort-rules-default (>= 2.9.15.1-6build1), snort-common (>= 2.9.15.1-6build1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, logrotate, net-tools, lsb-base, libc6 (>= 2.34), libdaq2 (>= 2.0.7), libdumbnet1 (>= 1.8), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libnetfilter-queue1 (>= 1.0.0), libnghttp2-14 (>= 1.5.0), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.0.0), libpcre3, libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: iproute2
Suggests: snort-doc
Conflicts: snort-mysql, snort-pgsql
Replaces: snort-common (<< 2.0.2-3)
Filename: pool/universe/s/snort/snort_2.9.15.1-6build1_amd64.deb
Size: 791710
MD5sum: faec60bb90afd6350be75d3b89854026
SHA1: 8f537782feceb169948cfc740a21e0a8565c0d43
SHA256: d603bb58890fc47d112bcbdf8372f5297098dc80bdde7f5f02e386b93bf09b29
SHA512: 5287183931965c63f5ca2eec25e9d93ea95bfb6b8ed87dbbd5871474439fd01bdbdb8c8cc2c422a5f734227d94cb5f791e633bf3db41d2748ceeb424cb7b4032
Homepage: https://www.snort.org/
Description: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System
Description-md5: 7c97bedaa77cf5f9a17ae772993f82ac