How To Install firewalld-tests on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firewalld-tests on Debian 12.
What is firewalld-tests
firewalld-tests is:
firewalld is a dynamically managed firewall daemon with support for network/firewall zones to define the trust level of network connections or interfaces. It has support for IPv4, IPv6 firewall settings and for ethernet bridges and has a separation of runtime and persistent configuration options. It also provides a D-Bus interface for services or applications to add and apply firewall rules on-the-fly.
This package provides test programs that can be run as part of a regression testsuite, e.g. via autopkgtest.
There are three methods to install firewalld-tests on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install firewalld-tests Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install firewalld-tests using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firewalld-tests
Install firewalld-tests Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firewalld-tests using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firewalld-tests
Install firewalld-tests 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 firewalld-tests using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firewalld-tests
How To Uninstall firewalld-tests on Debian 12
To uninstall only the firewalld-tests package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firewalld-tests
Uninstall firewalld-tests And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firewalld-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firewalld-tests
Remove firewalld-tests Configurations and Data
To remove firewalld-tests configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firewalld-tests
Remove firewalld-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firewalld-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firewalld-tests
Dependencies
firewalld-tests have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firewalld-tests package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
