How To Install fwbuilder-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-common on Kali Linux.

What is fwbuilder-common

fwbuilder-common is:

Firewall Builder consists of an object-oriented GUI and a set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. In Firewall Builder, firewall policy is a set of rules, each rule consists of abstract objects which represent real network objects and services (hosts, routers, firewalls, networks, protocols). Firewall Builder helps the user maintain a database of objects and allows policy editing using simple drag-and-drop operations.

This is the arch independent common parts of fwbuilder

There are three methods to install fwbuilder-common on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fwbuilder-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fwbuilder-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fwbuilder-common

Install fwbuilder-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fwbuilder-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fwbuilder-common

Install fwbuilder-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fwbuilder-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fwbuilder-common

How To Uninstall fwbuilder-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fwbuilder-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fwbuilder-common

Uninstall fwbuilder-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fwbuilder-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwbuilder-common

Remove fwbuilder-common Configurations and Data

To remove fwbuilder-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fwbuilder-common

Remove fwbuilder-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fwbuilder-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwbuilder-common

Dependencies

fwbuilder-common have the following dependencies:

References

• fwbuilder-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.