How To Install libiptables-parse-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libiptables-parse-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libiptables-parse-perl is Perl extension for parsing iptables firewall rulesets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiptables-parse-perl on Debian 10.

What is libiptables-parse-perl

libiptables-parse-perl is:

The IPTables::Parse package provides an interface to parse iptables rules on Linux systems through the direct execution of iptables commands, or from parsing a file that contains an iptables policy listing. You can get the current policy applied to a table/chain, look for a specific user-defined chain, check for a default DROP policy, or determing whether or not logging rules exist.

There are three methods to install libiptables-parse-perl 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 libiptables-parse-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libiptables-parse-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libiptables-parse-perl

Install libiptables-parse-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libiptables-parse-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libiptables-parse-perl

Install libiptables-parse-perl 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 libiptables-parse-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libiptables-parse-perl

How To Uninstall libiptables-parse-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libiptables-parse-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libiptables-parse-perl

Uninstall libiptables-parse-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libiptables-parse-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiptables-parse-perl

Remove libiptables-parse-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libiptables-parse-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libiptables-parse-perl

Remove libiptables-parse-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libiptables-parse-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiptables-parse-perl

Dependencies

libiptables-parse-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiptables-parse-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.