Install Suricata Update
=======================
-.. note:: If you have already installed Suricata 4.1 or newer you
- likely already have Suricata-Update installed. Please check
- if the ``suricata-update`` command is available to you
- before installing.
+Suricata-Update is bundled with all supported versions of Suricata and
+should be installed when Suricata is installed. Please check if
+``suricata-update`` is already installed before proceeding with these
+installation directions, for example, the following command will tell
+you the version::
+
+ suricata-update -V
+
+You should only need to install Suricata-Update manually if it is
+required independently of a Suricata install.
Suricata-Update is a tool written in Python and best installed with
the ``pip`` tool for installing Python packages.
Pip can install ``suricata-update`` globally making it available to
all users or it can install ``suricata-update`` into your home
-directory for use by your user.
-
-.. note:: At some point ``suricata-update`` should be bundled with
- Suricata avoid the need for a separate installation.
+directory.
To install ``suricata-update`` globally::
pip install --user --upgrade suricata-update
+Pip can also be used to install the latest development version of
+Suricata-Update::
+
+ pip install --user --upgrade \
+ https://github.com/oisf/suricata-update/archive/master.zip
+
.. note:: When installing to your home directory the
``suricata-update`` program will be installed to
$HOME/.local/bin, so make sure this directory is in your