How To Install libnftables0 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnftables0 on Debian 10.
What is libnftables0
libnftables0 is:
This library provides high level semantics to interact with the nftables framework by Netfilter project.
nftables replaces the old popular iptables, ip6tables, arptables and ebtables.
Netfilter software and nftables in particular are used in applications such as Internet connection sharing, firewalls, IP accounting, transparent proxying, advanced routing and traffic control.
A Linux kernel >= 3.13 is required. However, >= 4.14 is recommended.
This package contains the libnftables library.
There are three methods to install libnftables0 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 libnftables0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnftables0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnftables0
Install libnftables0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnftables0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnftables0
Install libnftables0 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 libnftables0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnftables0
How To Uninstall libnftables0 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libnftables0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnftables0
Uninstall libnftables0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnftables0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnftables0
Remove libnftables0 Configurations and Data
To remove libnftables0 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnftables0
Remove libnftables0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnftables0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnftables0
Dependencies
libnftables0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnftables0 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
