How To Install fwbuilder-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
