How To Install nutcpc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nutcpc on Debian 9.
What is nutcpc
nutcpc is:
NuFW is an authenticating firewall based on netfilter’s NFQUEUE target. It allows one to write filtering rules based on user identity, in addition to classical network criteria. Unless other solutions, NuFW uses a strict security model and can apply different access rules to users connected on the same host, for example.
nutcpc is a console-mode client for the NUFW authenticating firewall. It is in charge of authenticating the user, and replying to nuauth requests to send information on network connections.
There are three methods to install nutcpc 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 nutcpc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nutcpc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nutcpc
Install nutcpc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nutcpc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nutcpc
Install nutcpc 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 nutcpc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nutcpc
How To Uninstall nutcpc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nutcpc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nutcpc
Uninstall nutcpc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nutcpc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nutcpc
Remove nutcpc Configurations and Data
To remove nutcpc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nutcpc
Remove nutcpc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nutcpc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nutcpc
Dependencies
nutcpc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nutcpc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
