How To Install nftables on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nftables in Fedora 36. nftables is Netfilter Tables userspace utilites

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nftables on Fedora 36.

What is nftables

Netfilter Tables userspace utilities.

We can use yum or dnf to install nftables on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nftables.

Install nftables on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nftables using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nftables

Install nftables on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nftables using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nftables

How To Uninstall nftables on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nftables package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nftables

nftables Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/nftables
/etc/nftables/main.nft
/etc/nftables/nat.nft
/etc/nftables/osf
/etc/nftables/osf/pf.os
/etc/nftables/router.nft
/etc/sysconfig/nftables.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/f07a79182cebb97bd65ff3dbd3840e91a74e29
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/1bf7986baa9fcc921683d2d2ca7954a0b57faa
/usr/lib/libnftables.so.1
/usr/lib/libnftables.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nftables.service
/usr/sbin/nft
/usr/share/doc/nftables/examples/ct_helpers.nft
/usr/share/doc/nftables/examples/load_balancing.nft
/usr/share/doc/nftables/examples/secmark.nft
/usr/share/doc/nftables/examples/sets_and_maps.nft
/usr/share/licenses/nftables
/usr/share/licenses/nftables/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/libnftables-json.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nft.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nftables on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).


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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nftables on Fedora 36.

What is nftables

Netfilter Tables userspace utilities.

We can use yum or dnf to install nftables on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nftables.

Install nftables on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nftables using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nftables

Install nftables on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nftables using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nftables

How To Uninstall nftables on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nftables package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nftables

nftables Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/nftables
/etc/nftables/main.nft
/etc/nftables/nat.nft
/etc/nftables/osf
/etc/nftables/osf/pf.os
/etc/nftables/router.nft
/etc/sysconfig/nftables.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/c7e4d361dc7dd1edeab47f960efcf81441047c
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/cb9823aee392558ffed6ff94eb9106d764bd17
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nftables.service
/usr/lib64/libnftables.so.1
/usr/lib64/libnftables.so.1.1.0
/usr/sbin/nft
/usr/share/doc/nftables/examples/ct_helpers.nft
/usr/share/doc/nftables/examples/load_balancing.nft
/usr/share/doc/nftables/examples/secmark.nft
/usr/share/doc/nftables/examples/sets_and_maps.nft
/usr/share/licenses/nftables
/usr/share/licenses/nftables/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/libnftables-json.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nft.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nftables on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).