How To Install iptables-utils on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is iptables-utils

Utils for iptables. Currently only provides nfnl_osf with the pf.os database.

We can use yum or dnf to install iptables-utils on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iptables-utils.

Install iptables-utils on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install iptables-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install iptables-utils

Install iptables-utils on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install iptables-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iptables-utils

How To Uninstall iptables-utils on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove iptables-utils

iptables-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/e9fe66b28e70a9ca301c62cf47a3eb0384c20f
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/3275b2e50fca912040a3758e8f00d57f909f8f
/usr/sbin/nfbpf_compile
/usr/sbin/nfnl_osf
/usr/share/man/man8/nfbpf_compile.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nfnl_osf.8.gz
/usr/share/xtables
/usr/share/xtables/pf.os

References

• iptables-utils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-utils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.