How To Install iptables-optimizer on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-optimizer
on Debian 9.
What is iptables-optimizer
iptables-optimizer is:
iptables-optimizer is a shell and Python based tool for sorting iptables rules by packet/byte counters according to the administrators policy, ip6tables-optimizer works similar just for ip6tables chains.
There are three methods to install iptables-optimizer
on Debian 9. 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-optimizer 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-optimizer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iptables-optimizer
Install iptables-optimizer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iptables-optimizer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iptables-optimizer
Install iptables-optimizer 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-optimizer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iptables-optimizer
How To Uninstall iptables-optimizer on Debian 9
To uninstall only the iptables-optimizer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iptables-optimizer
Uninstall iptables-optimizer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iptables-optimizer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iptables-optimizer
Remove iptables-optimizer Configurations and Data
To remove iptables-optimizer
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iptables-optimizer
Remove iptables-optimizer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iptables-optimizer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iptables-optimizer
Dependencies
iptables-optimizer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-optimizer
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.