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

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "snort" package

Please follow the steps below to install snort on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: snort
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1973
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.9.7.0-5
Replaces: snort-common (<< 2.0.2-3)
Depends: snort-common-libraries (>= 2.9.7.0-5), snort-rules-default (>= 2.9.7.0-5), snort-common (>= 2.9.7.0-5), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, logrotate, net-tools, libc6 (>= 2.16), libdaq2, libdumbnet1 (>= 1.8), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.0.0), libpcre3, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Pre-Depends: adduser (>= 3.11)
Recommends: iproute2
Suggests: snort-doc
Conflicts: snort-mysql, snort-pgsql
Filename: pool/universe/s/snort/snort_2.9.7.0-5_amd64.deb
Size: 645802
MD5sum: 245c3ad192ed8ee532d07631b6f90455
SHA1: a28c96ba24ed926f82080088499fba363324c8db
SHA256: ae70548ed6d514fbfb1358fe81aacbb617309a2b4d8a9f0c20db2dc8318a7731
Description-en: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System
Snort is a libpcap-based packet sniffer/logger which can be used as a
lightweight network intrusion detection system. It features rules-based
logging and can perform content searching/matching in addition to
detecting a variety of other attacks and probes, such as buffer
overflows, stealth port scans, CGI attacks, SMB probes, and much more.
Snort has a real-time alerting capability, with alerts being sent to
syslog, a separate "alert" file, or even to a Windows computer via Samba.
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This package provides the plain-vanilla version of Snort.
Description-md5: 7c97bedaa77cf5f9a17ae772993f82ac
Homepage: http://www.snort.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu