How To Install libnfnetlink-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfnetlink-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnfnetlink-dev
libnfnetlink-dev is:
libnfnetlink is the low-level library for netfilter related kernel/userspace communication. It provides a generic messaging infrastructure for in-kernel netfilter subsystems (such as nfnetlink_log, nfnetlink_queue, nfnetlink_conntrack) and their respective users and/or management tools in userspace.
This package provides development files and static libraries.
There are three methods to install libnfnetlink-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnfnetlink-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnfnetlink-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnfnetlink-dev
Install libnfnetlink-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnfnetlink-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnfnetlink-dev
Install libnfnetlink-dev 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 libnfnetlink-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnfnetlink-dev
How To Uninstall libnfnetlink-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnfnetlink-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnfnetlink-dev
Uninstall libnfnetlink-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnfnetlink-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnfnetlink-dev
Remove libnfnetlink-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnfnetlink-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnfnetlink-dev
Remove libnfnetlink-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnfnetlink-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnfnetlink-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfnetlink-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.