How To Install ufw on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ufw in Fedora 36. ufw is Uncomplicated Firewall

Introduction

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

What is ufw

The Uncomplicated Firewall(ufw) is a front-end for netfilter, which aims to make it easier for people unfamiliar with firewall concepts. Ufw provides a framework for managing netfilter as well as manipulating the firewall.

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

Install ufw 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 ufw using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ufw

Install ufw 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 ufw using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ufw

How To Uninstall ufw on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ufw

ufw Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/default/ufw
/etc/ufw
/etc/ufw/after.init
/etc/ufw/after.rules
/etc/ufw/after6.rules
/etc/ufw/applications.d
/etc/ufw/applications.d/fedora-icecream
/etc/ufw/applications.d/fedora-kdeconnect
/etc/ufw/applications.d/fedora-multicast
/etc/ufw/applications.d/ufw-bittorent
/etc/ufw/applications.d/ufw-chat
/etc/ufw/applications.d/ufw-directoryserver
/etc/ufw/applications.d/ufw-dnsserver
/etc/ufw/applications.d/ufw-fileserver
/etc/ufw/applications.d/ufw-loginserver
/etc/ufw/applications.d/ufw-mailserver
/etc/ufw/applications.d/ufw-printserver
/etc/ufw/applications.d/ufw-proxyserver
/etc/ufw/applications.d/ufw-webserver
/etc/ufw/before.init
/etc/ufw/before.rules
/etc/ufw/before6.rules
/etc/ufw/sysctl.conf
/etc/ufw/ufw.conf
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw-0.35-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/applications.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/applications.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/backend.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/backend.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/backend_iptables.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/backend_iptables.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/common.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/common.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/frontend.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/frontend.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/parser.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/parser.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/util.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/__pycache__/util.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/applications.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/backend.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/backend_iptables.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/common.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/frontend.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/parser.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ufw/util.py
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ufw.service
/usr/libexec/ufw
/usr/libexec/ufw/ufw-init
/usr/libexec/ufw/ufw-init-functions
/usr/sbin/ufw
/usr/share/doc/ufw
/usr/share/doc/ufw/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ufw/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ufw/README
/usr/share/doc/ufw/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/ufw
/usr/share/licenses/ufw/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/ce/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/se/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/tl/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/ufw.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/ufw-framework.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ufw.8.gz
/usr/share/ufw
/usr/share/ufw/iptables
/usr/share/ufw/iptables/after.rules
/usr/share/ufw/iptables/after6.rules
/usr/share/ufw/iptables/before.rules
/usr/share/ufw/iptables/before6.rules
/usr/share/ufw/iptables/user.rules
/usr/share/ufw/iptables/user6.rules
/var/lib/ufw
/var/lib/ufw/user.rules
/var/lib/ufw/user6.rules

References

Summary

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