Installing Snort on Kali Linux

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Ankit Sahu

Posted on October 3, 2022

Installing Snort on Kali Linux

Snort is no longer available in Kali repositories

Here are the steps to install snort on Kali

  • Backup kali's sources.list
mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak
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  • Remove updates
find /var/lib/apt/lists -type f -exec rm {} \;
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  • Change sources.list content
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
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Paste content given below

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe multiverse<br>
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe multiverse<br>

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse<br>
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse<br>

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse<br>
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse<br>

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse<br>
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse<br>

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal partner<br>
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal partner<br>
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If you are using kali as a virtual machine then paste this instead
As core Ubuntu repositories do not have the ARM repositories in them

deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal main restricted universe multiverse<br>
deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse<br>
deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-security main restricted universe multiverse<br>

deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe multiverse<br>
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse<br>
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main restricted universe multiverse<br>
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  • Add the specified public keys
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 871920D1991BC93C
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  • Update
sudo apt update
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  • Now install snort
sudo apt install snort
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ankitsahu
Ankit Sahu

Posted on October 3, 2022

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