How To Install ebtables on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ebtables on Debian 9.
What is ebtables
ebtables is:
Ebtables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of Ethernet frame rules in the Linux kernel. It is analogous to iptables, but operates at the MAC layer rather than the IP layer.
There are three methods to install ebtables 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 ebtables Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ebtables using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ebtables
Install ebtables Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ebtables using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ebtables
Install ebtables 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 ebtables using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ebtables
How To Uninstall ebtables on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ebtables package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ebtables
Uninstall ebtables And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ebtables and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ebtables
Remove ebtables Configurations and Data
To remove ebtables configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ebtables
Remove ebtables configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ebtables configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ebtables
Dependencies
ebtables have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ebtables package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.