How to Install and Uninstall bro Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "bro" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install bro on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall bro on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bro
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bro package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bro
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 5482
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Hilko Bengen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.1+dfsg-2build1
Depends: libc6 (>> 2.23), libc6 (<< 2.24), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgeoip1, libgoogle-perftools4, libpcap0.8 (>= 1.0.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.15), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), bro-common
Filename: pool/universe/b/bro/bro_2.4.1+dfsg-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 1613594
MD5sum: 1a053048dd8374cf01c4e2e8dedea971
SHA1: 2b3b2f45510ce6dc18b12cdc3ca7e9d7093ced93
SHA256: 916fc9b0465044dab9c720c2cfcebe4f545de4b2be0bcc8c8fa271dbcd189ab4
Description-en: passive network traffic analyzer
Bro is primarily a security monitor that inspects all traffic on a link in
depth for signs of suspicious activity. More generally, however, Bro
supports a wide range of traffic analysis tasks even outside of the
security domain, including performance measurements and helping with
trouble-shooting.
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Bro comes with built-in functionality for a range of analysis and
detection tasks, including detecting malware by interfacing to external
registries, reporting vulnerable versions of software seen on the network,
identifying popular web applications, detecting SSH brute-forcing,
validating SSL certificate chains, among others.
Description-md5: 664f46ed224a9494f1f2e07c3207215c
Built-Using: binpac (= 0.44-1)
Homepage: http://www.bro.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu