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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "snort-common" package

This tutorial shows how to install snort-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall snort-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: snort-common
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 493
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Architecture: all
Source: snort
Version: 2.9.7.0-5
Replaces: snort (<< 1.8.4beta1-1)
Depends: perl, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base
Pre-Depends: adduser (>= 3.11)
Suggests: snort-doc
Conflicts: snort (<< 2.9.7.0-5)
Filename: pool/universe/s/snort/snort-common_2.9.7.0-5_all.deb
Size: 42372
MD5sum: dd17651331ab3d5e7c2d12377ab1283d
SHA1: 1b050025e5ee0746560c7207a72b46993d58434e
SHA256: 714a51efe51c45540f14f608ba7dd8d535516860ffc78b10e5ed1ec78e1ad25a
Description-en: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System - common files
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 is a common package which holds cron jobs, tools, and config files
used by all the different package flavors.
Description-md5: 1d453a79109aceb2104287b250cfdda2
Homepage: http://www.snort.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu