How To Install guidedog on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guidedog on Debian 11.
What is guidedog
guidedog is:
Guidedog is a GUI utility which allows you to easily activate and configure your machine for packet routing, Network Address Translation/IP Masquerading (NAT) and port-forwarding.
If you are using the functions of this program, it is recommended that you setup/configure a firewall to protect your machine - guidedog does not setup a firewall for you.
There are three methods to install guidedog on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install guidedog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guidedog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guidedog
Install guidedog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guidedog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guidedog
Install guidedog 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 guidedog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guidedog
How To Uninstall guidedog on Debian 11
To uninstall only the guidedog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guidedog
Uninstall guidedog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guidedog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guidedog
Remove guidedog Configurations and Data
To remove guidedog configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guidedog
Remove guidedog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guidedog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guidedog
Dependencies
guidedog have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guidedog package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
