# Suricata 7.0.4 and 6.0.17 stable packages are now available for Ubuntu on Ubuntu PPA (Launchpad)

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More about Suricata 7.0.4 and 6.0.17 stable features, improvements and release notes :

[Suricata 7.0.4 and 6.0.17 released!](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-7-0-4-and-6-0-17-released/4534)

Suricata 7.0.4 and 6.0.17 stable packages are now available for Ubuntu on Ubuntu PPA (Launchpad).

- 18.04 Bionic
- 20.04 Focal
- 22.04 Jammy

32 and 64 bit packages available with the following architectures -

- amd64
- arm64
- ppc64
- i386
- s390x

The default installation in 7.0.4 and 6.0.17 also includes (available in the package) the tools:

- suricata-update
- suricatactl

You can also get some help of how to use the tools by doing “suricata-update -h” or “suricatactl -h”

The packages are build-in with:

- IPS (nfqueue/AFP)
- All JSON output
- GeoIP
- Unix-Socket
- Lua scripting
- NSS(MD5) enabled
- PIE - Position Independent Executable
- Redis enabled support

The Ubuntu

- 18.04 Bionic
- 20.04 Focal
- 22.04 Jammy

distribution packages are with Hyperscan enabled by default for extra performance.  
(Your CPU needs to have the SSSE3 flag. You can check with - cat /proc/cpuinfo)

By community request there is also available “suricata-dbg” (Suricata with enabled debug features) package ready to use out of the box install:

```
sudo apt-get install suricata-dbg

```

Suricata 6.0.17 stable is available from our suricata-6.0 PPA repository.

How to:

> **[3. Installation — Suricata 6.0.17 documentation](https://docs.suricata.io/en/suricata-6.0.17/install.html#ubuntu-from-personal-package-archives-ppa)**

Suricata 7.0.4 is available from our suricata-stable and/or suricata-7.0 PPA repository.

How to:

> **[3. Installation — Suricata 7.0.4 documentation](https://docs.suricata.io/en/suricata-7.0.4/install.html#ubuntu-from-personal-package-archives-ppa)**

Feedback is welcome!

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