How To Install libnftables1 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnftables1 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libnftables1
libnftables1 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 libnftables1 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnftables1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnftables1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnftables1
Install libnftables1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnftables1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnftables1
Install libnftables1 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnftables1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnftables1
How To Uninstall libnftables1 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libnftables1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnftables1
Uninstall libnftables1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnftables1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnftables1
Remove libnftables1 Configurations and Data
To remove libnftables1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnftables1
Remove libnftables1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnftables1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnftables1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnftables1 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
