How To Install libnftables-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnftables-dev on Debian 10.
What is libnftables-dev
libnftables-dev is:
This library provides high level semantics to interact with the nftables framework by Netfilter project.
nftables replaces the old popular iptables, ip6tables, arptables and ebtables.
Netfilter software and nftables in particular are used in applications such as Internet connection sharing, firewalls, IP accounting, transparent proxying, advanced routing and traffic control.
A Linux kernel >= 3.13 is required. However, >= 4.14 is recommended.
This package provides development files and static libraries.
There are three methods to install libnftables-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnftables-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 libnftables-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnftables-dev
Install libnftables-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnftables-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnftables-dev
Install libnftables-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnftables-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnftables-dev
How To Uninstall libnftables-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libnftables-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnftables-dev
Uninstall libnftables-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnftables-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnftables-dev
Remove libnftables-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnftables-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnftables-dev
Remove libnftables-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnftables-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnftables-dev
Dependencies
libnftables-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnftables-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.