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

Last updated: November 07,2024

You can also install and uninstall the snort-rules-default 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-rules-default" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "snort-rules-default" package

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


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

Package: snort-rules-default
Architecture: all
Version: 2.9.15.1-6build1
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: 1676
Provides: snort-rules
Depends: debconf (>= 0.2.80) | debconf-2.0, adduser (>= 3.11)
Recommends: oinkmaster
Suggests: snort (>= 2.2.0) | snort-pgsql (>= 2.2.0) | snort-mysql (>= 2.2.0)
Filename: pool/universe/s/snort/snort-rules-default_2.9.15.1-6build1_all.deb
Size: 146114
MD5sum: f133d0a3e866ec8f7032d9c1f1c81d57
SHA1: edb0558300a045c0a28cb4818fd823aaf6c68caf
SHA256: 3db200cd0f9eef57f71936b66369bf756a0a12c4e2a32b369e2f7a571ae31a18
SHA512: ef592fc68a581c51bfce85a3968c33d982c4c7c5ca7f3fa1f25b28dd372e2384a7a72d0d3e0628def8621a62b342aa1e70f7d842c472dc13b56fff88e6fc015d
Homepage: http://www.snort.org/snort-rules/
Description: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System - ruleset
Description-md5: 4f9165fd86b9ce106e59cd6845447712