How To Install fwbuilder-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-doc on Kali Linux. fwbuilder-doc is Firewall administration tool GUI documentation

Introduction

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

What is fwbuilder-doc

fwbuilder-doc is:

Firewall Builder consists of an object-oriented GUI and a set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. In Firewall Builder, firewall policy is a set of rules, each rule consists of abstract objects which represent real network objects and services (hosts, routers, firewalls, networks, protocols). Firewall Builder helps the user maintain a database of objects and allows policy editing using simple drag-and-drop operations.

This is the documentation of fwbuilder

There are three methods to install fwbuilder-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 fwbuilder-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 fwbuilder-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fwbuilder-doc

Install fwbuilder-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fwbuilder-doc

Install fwbuilder-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 fwbuilder-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fwbuilder-doc

How To Uninstall fwbuilder-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fwbuilder-doc

Uninstall fwbuilder-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwbuilder-doc

Remove fwbuilder-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fwbuilder-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

fwbuilder-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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