How To Install iptables-converter-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is iptables-converter-doc

iptables-converter-doc is:

iptables-converter: reads a file with iptables commands and converts these to an iptables-save readable format. To provide compatibility with “iptables-save -c” command zero packet and byte counters [0:0] are printed out. ip6tables-converter does the same for IPv6.

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

sudo apt-get -y install iptables-converter-doc

Install iptables-converter-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install iptables-converter-doc

Install iptables-converter-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 iptables-converter-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iptables-converter-doc

How To Uninstall iptables-converter-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove iptables-converter-doc

Uninstall iptables-converter-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iptables-converter-doc

Remove iptables-converter-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge iptables-converter-doc

Remove iptables-converter-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iptables-converter-doc

Dependencies

iptables-converter-doc have the following dependencies:

• libjs-sphinxdoc

References

• iptables-converter-doc website

Summary

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