How To Install snort on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install snort on Ubuntu.

What is `snort`

snort is:

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.

This package provides the plain-vanilla version of Snort.

There are three methods to install snort on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install snort Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install snort using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install snort

Install snort Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install snort using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install snort

Install snort Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install snort using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install snort

How To Uninstall snort on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the snort package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove snort

Uninstall snort And Its Dependencies

To uninstall snort and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove snort

Remove snort Configurations and Data

To remove snort configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge snort

Remove snort configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove snort configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snort

Dependencies

snort have the following dependencies:

References

snort website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install snort package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.