How To Install snort-common-libraries on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snort-common-libraries on Debian 9.
What is snort-common-libraries
snort-common-libraries 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 libraries used by all the Snort binary packages.
There are three methods to install snort-common-libraries on Debian 9. 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-common-libraries 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-common-libraries using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snort-common-libraries
Install snort-common-libraries Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snort-common-libraries using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snort-common-libraries
Install snort-common-libraries 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install snort-common-libraries using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snort-common-libraries
How To Uninstall snort-common-libraries on Debian 9
To uninstall only the snort-common-libraries package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snort-common-libraries
Uninstall snort-common-libraries And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snort-common-libraries and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snort-common-libraries
Remove snort-common-libraries Configurations and Data
To remove snort-common-libraries configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snort-common-libraries
Remove snort-common-libraries configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snort-common-libraries configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snort-common-libraries
Dependencies
snort-common-libraries have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snort-common-libraries package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.