How To Install libnfqueue-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfqueue-perl on Debian 9.
What is libnfqueue-perl
libnfqueue-perl is:
nfqueue-bindings is a set of high-level modules for several languages (Python and Perl, for the moment), for libnetfilter_queue. It provides a userspace API to access packets that have been queued by the kernel packet filter using the NFQUEUE target.
This package contains the Perl bindings for nfqueue.
There are three methods to install libnfqueue-perl 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 libnfqueue-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 libnfqueue-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnfqueue-perl
Install libnfqueue-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnfqueue-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnfqueue-perl
Install libnfqueue-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 libnfqueue-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnfqueue-perl
How To Uninstall libnfqueue-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libnfqueue-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnfqueue-perl
Uninstall libnfqueue-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnfqueue-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnfqueue-perl
Remove libnfqueue-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libnfqueue-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnfqueue-perl
Remove libnfqueue-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnfqueue-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnfqueue-perl
Dependencies
libnfqueue-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfqueue-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
