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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "yara" package

This is a short guide on how to install yara on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: yara
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 542
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Forensics
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.4.0+dfsg-2build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libjansson4 (>= 2.1), libmagic1 (>= 5.12), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0)
Filename: pool/universe/y/yara/yara_3.4.0+dfsg-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 117056
MD5sum: 18bf00f7c590d616e45a5f2b7e4b963e
SHA1: f3e99462f547472b453bef6af1c4b35443fb37b9
SHA256: 3be54af1875a0b290db8336e67af39ece57b20750e4bdd2bade8ed9b2b2144c3
Description-en: Pattern matching swiss knife for malware researchers
YARA is a tool aimed at helping malware researchers to identify and
classify malware samples. With YARA, it is possible to create
descriptions of malware families based on textual or binary patterns
contained in samples of those families. Each description consists of
a set of strings and a Boolean expression which determines its logic.
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Complex and powerful rules can be created by using binary strings with
wild-cards, case-insensitive text strings, special operators, regular
expressions and many other features.
Description-md5: 5bc661c5fe8f0ebddb9615d71f1eb8e3
Multi-Arch: allowed
Homepage: http://plusvic.github.io/yara/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu