How To Install fwbuilder-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-dbg on Debian 9. fwbuilder-dbg is Firewall administration tool GUI (debugging symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-dbg on Debian 9.

What is fwbuilder-dbg

fwbuilder-dbg 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 package ships the debugging symbols of fwbuilder.

There are three methods to install fwbuilder-dbg 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 fwbuilder-dbg 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-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fwbuilder-dbg

Install fwbuilder-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fwbuilder-dbg

Install fwbuilder-dbg 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 fwbuilder-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fwbuilder-dbg

How To Uninstall fwbuilder-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove fwbuilder-dbg

Uninstall fwbuilder-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fwbuilder-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwbuilder-dbg

Remove fwbuilder-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove fwbuilder-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fwbuilder-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

fwbuilder-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.