How To Install iptables-optimizer-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-optimizer-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is iptables-optimizer-doc
iptables-optimizer-doc is:
iptables-optimizer is a shell and Python based tool for sorting iptables rules by packet/byte counters according to the administrators policy, ip6tables-optimizer works similar just for ip6tables chains. This package contains the documentation only and includes some argumentation about it’s usage and the plausibility of the implemented special sorting algorithm.
There are three methods to install iptables-optimizer-doc 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 iptables-optimizer-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 iptables-optimizer-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iptables-optimizer-doc
Install iptables-optimizer-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iptables-optimizer-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iptables-optimizer-doc
Install iptables-optimizer-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install iptables-optimizer-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iptables-optimizer-doc
How To Uninstall iptables-optimizer-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the iptables-optimizer-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iptables-optimizer-doc
Uninstall iptables-optimizer-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iptables-optimizer-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iptables-optimizer-doc
Remove iptables-optimizer-doc Configurations and Data
To remove iptables-optimizer-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iptables-optimizer-doc
Remove iptables-optimizer-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iptables-optimizer-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iptables-optimizer-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-optimizer-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.