How To Install shorewall-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install shorewall-doc on Kali Linux. shorewall-doc is documentation for Shoreline Firewall (Shorewall)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install shorewall-doc on Kali Linux.

What is shorewall-doc

shorewall-doc is:

Shorewall is an iptables based firewall that can be used on a dedicated firewall system, a multi-function masquerade gateway/server or on a standalone Linux system.

This package contains the shorewall HTML documentation.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install shorewall-doc

Install shorewall-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install shorewall-doc

Install shorewall-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install shorewall-doc

How To Uninstall shorewall-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove shorewall-doc

Uninstall shorewall-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall shorewall-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shorewall-doc

Remove shorewall-doc Configurations and Data

To remove shorewall-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge shorewall-doc

Remove shorewall-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shorewall-doc

Dependencies

shorewall-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install shorewall-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.