How To Install libiptables-chainmgr-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiptables-chainmgr-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libiptables-chainmgr-perl

libiptables-chainmgr-perl is:

The IPTables::ChainMgr module provides an interface to manipulate iptables policies on Linux systems through the direct execution of iptables commands.

Then, it is easy to execute iptables commands directly in order to both parse and change the configuration of the policy. Further, this simplifies installation since the only external requirement is (in the spirit of scripting) to be able to point IPTables::ChainMgr at an installed iptables binary instead of having to compile against a library.

There are three methods to install libiptables-chainmgr-perl 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 libiptables-chainmgr-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libiptables-chainmgr-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libiptables-chainmgr-perl

Install libiptables-chainmgr-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libiptables-chainmgr-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libiptables-chainmgr-perl

Install libiptables-chainmgr-perl 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 libiptables-chainmgr-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libiptables-chainmgr-perl

How To Uninstall libiptables-chainmgr-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libiptables-chainmgr-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libiptables-chainmgr-perl

Uninstall libiptables-chainmgr-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiptables-chainmgr-perl

Remove libiptables-chainmgr-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libiptables-chainmgr-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libiptables-chainmgr-perl

Remove libiptables-chainmgr-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libiptables-chainmgr-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiptables-chainmgr-perl

Dependencies

libiptables-chainmgr-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libiptables-chainmgr-perl website

Summary

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