How To Install libiptables-chainmgr-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiptables-chainmgr-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 libiptables-chainmgr-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libiptables-chainmgr-perl
How To Uninstall libiptables-chainmgr-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libiptables-chainmgr-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
