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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "suricata" package

Please follow the instructions below to install suricata on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall suricata on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: suricata
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 2674
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Pierre Chifflier
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0-1
Replaces: libhtp1 (<< 0.5.16)
Depends: python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), libc6 (>= 2.15), libcap-ng0, libjansson4 (>= 2.2), libluajit-5.1-2, libmagic1 (>= 5.12), libnet1 (>= 1.1.5), libnetfilter-log1, libnetfilter-queue1, libnfnetlink0, libnspr4 (>= 2:4.9-2~) | libnspr4-0d (>= 1.8.0.10), libnss3 (>= 2:3.13.4-2~) | libnss3-1d (>= 3.12.0~1.9b1), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.0.0), libpcre3, libprelude2v5, libyaml-0-2, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: oinkmaster, snort-rules-default
Suggests: libtcmalloc-minimal4
Conflicts: libhtp1 (<< 0.5.16)
Filename: pool/universe/s/suricata/suricata_3.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 897430
MD5sum: 8715c5090fa82b2e04124ee95774f0c2
SHA1: 2cd110345e629f7d20794e5f12af05bf5fde6f2b
SHA256: 80335b2dbfb7f7c8f9f1cb6ef1d96851bdabaaa9aa2df4acf636047fbf384c45
Description-en: Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Tool
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System (IDS). It is based on
rules (and is fully compatible with snort rules) to detect a variety of
attacks / probes by searching packet content.
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This new Engine supports Multi-Threading, Automatic Protocol Detection
(IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, HTTP, TLS, FTP and SMB), Gzip Decompression, Fast
IP Matching and coming soon hardware acceleration on CUDA and OpenCL GPU
cards.
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This version has inline (NFQUEUE) support enabled.
Description-md5: bda03cdcf9992921a27961a60cee34bd
Homepage: http://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu