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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "snort-doc" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install snort-doc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall snort-doc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: snort-doc
Priority: optional
Section: universe/doc
Installed-Size: 7877
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Architecture: all
Source: snort
Version: 2.9.7.0-5
Filename: pool/universe/s/snort/snort-doc_2.9.7.0-5_all.deb
Size: 1912380
MD5sum: 72b0f124c29597acfd8069dcce72e6ec
SHA1: 2cfe6eabc258b5c7625a406fe4361ec4abbe4fea
SHA256: a723491c27646a710fca2610b163ffd402ed01db0155944594c7d31f95138ec0
Description-en: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System - documentation
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 documentation for Snort.
Description-md5: 3810a34941c3cd639e926885ffae7cb7
Homepage: http://www.snort.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu