How To Install suricata-oinkmaster on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install suricata-oinkmaster on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is suricata-oinkmaster
suricata-oinkmaster is:
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.
This package contains the integration bits between suricata and oinkmaster to allow easy automated ruleset updates.
There are three methods to install suricata-oinkmaster on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install suricata-oinkmaster Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install suricata-oinkmaster using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install suricata-oinkmaster
Install suricata-oinkmaster Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install suricata-oinkmaster using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install suricata-oinkmaster
Install suricata-oinkmaster 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 suricata-oinkmaster using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install suricata-oinkmaster
How To Uninstall suricata-oinkmaster on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the suricata-oinkmaster package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove suricata-oinkmaster
Uninstall suricata-oinkmaster And Its Dependencies
To uninstall suricata-oinkmaster and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove suricata-oinkmaster
Remove suricata-oinkmaster Configurations and Data
To remove suricata-oinkmaster configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge suricata-oinkmaster
Remove suricata-oinkmaster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove suricata-oinkmaster configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge suricata-oinkmaster
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install suricata-oinkmaster package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
