How To Install libnetfilter-queue-doc on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter-queue-doc on Debian 11. libnetfilter-queue-doc is Documentation files for libnetfilter-queue1

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter-queue-doc on Debian 11.

What is libnetfilter-queue-doc

libnetfilter-queue-doc is:

libnetfilter_queue is a userspace library providing an API to packets that have been queued by the kernel packet filter. It is part of a system that deprecates the old ip_queue / libipq mechanism.

This package provides man-pages and HTML documentation for the API.

There are three methods to install libnetfilter-queue-doc on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libnetfilter-queue-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 libnetfilter-queue-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnetfilter-queue-doc

Install libnetfilter-queue-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnetfilter-queue-doc

Install libnetfilter-queue-doc 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 libnetfilter-queue-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnetfilter-queue-doc

How To Uninstall libnetfilter-queue-doc on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libnetfilter-queue-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnetfilter-queue-doc

Uninstall libnetfilter-queue-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnetfilter-queue-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetfilter-queue-doc

Remove libnetfilter-queue-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libnetfilter-queue-doc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnetfilter-queue-doc

Remove libnetfilter-queue-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetfilter-queue-doc

Dependencies

libnetfilter-queue-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetfilter-queue-doc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.