How To Install filtergen on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install filtergen on Debian 11.
What is filtergen
filtergen is:
filtergen is a packet filter generator. It compiles a fairly high-level description language into iptables, ipchains, or ipfilter scripts (and has bits of support for Cisco IOS access lists).
There are three methods to install filtergen 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 filtergen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install filtergen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install filtergen
Install filtergen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install filtergen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install filtergen
Install filtergen 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 filtergen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install filtergen
How To Uninstall filtergen on Debian 11
To uninstall only the filtergen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove filtergen
Uninstall filtergen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall filtergen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove filtergen
Remove filtergen Configurations and Data
To remove filtergen configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge filtergen
Remove filtergen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove filtergen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filtergen
Dependencies
filtergen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install filtergen package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.