How To Install iptables-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-dev
on Debian 10.
What is iptables-dev
iptables-dev is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install iptables-dev
on Debian 10. 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-dev 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-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iptables-dev
Install iptables-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iptables-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iptables-dev
Install iptables-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install iptables-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iptables-dev
How To Uninstall iptables-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the iptables-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iptables-dev
Uninstall iptables-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iptables-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iptables-dev
Remove iptables-dev Configurations and Data
To remove iptables-dev
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iptables-dev
Remove iptables-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iptables-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iptables-dev
Dependencies
iptables-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-dev
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.