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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "snort-rules-default" package

This is a short guide on how to install snort-rules-default on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: snort-rules-default
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1818
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Architecture: all
Source: snort
Version: 2.9.7.0-5
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_2.9.7.0-5_all.deb
Size: 141200
MD5sum: 236b29c6de1196f23c0651a885cba81f
SHA1: 48cfe53595f6e74aade176021cb684f83c111a48
SHA256: ec60531c46ac44b423a8b09afa7d33c14321231f5d133b3c4b1e95cf9c8d1603
Description-en: flexible Network Intrusion Detection System - ruleset
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 the Snort default ruleset, which provides a basic set of network
intrusion detection rules developed by the Snort community. They can be
used as a basis for development of additional rules. Users using Snort to
defend networks in production environments are encouraged to update their
local rulesets as described in the included documentation or using the
oinkmaster package.
Description-md5: 4f9165fd86b9ce106e59cd6845447712
Homepage: http://www.snort.org/snort-rules/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu