How To Install snort-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install snort-doc on Kali Linux. snort-doc is flexible Network Intrusion Detection System - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install snort-doc on Kali Linux.

What is snort-doc

snort-doc 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 documentation for Snort.

There are three methods to install snort-doc on Kali Linux. 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install snort-doc

Install snort-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install snort-doc

Install snort-doc Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install snort-doc

How To Uninstall snort-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove snort-doc

Uninstall snort-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove snort-doc

Remove snort-doc Configurations and Data

To remove snort-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge snort-doc

Remove snort-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snort-doc

Dependencies

snort-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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