How To Install fwbuilder-doc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-doc on Debian 9.
What is fwbuilder-doc
fwbuilder-doc 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 documentation of fwbuilder
There are three methods to install fwbuilder-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fwbuilder-doc
Install fwbuilder-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fwbuilder-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fwbuilder-doc
Install fwbuilder-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fwbuilder-doc
How To Uninstall fwbuilder-doc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fwbuilder-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fwbuilder-doc
Uninstall fwbuilder-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fwbuilder-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwbuilder-doc
Remove fwbuilder-doc Configurations and Data
To remove fwbuilder-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fwbuilder-doc
Remove fwbuilder-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fwbuilder-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwbuilder-doc
Dependencies
fwbuilder-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.