How To Install libnftables1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnftables1 on Kali Linux.
What is libnftables1
libnftables1 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 contains the libnftables library.
There are three methods to install libnftables1 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 libnftables1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnftables1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnftables1Install libnftables1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnftables1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnftables1Install libnftables1 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnftables1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnftables1How To Uninstall libnftables1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libnftables1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnftables1Uninstall libnftables1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnftables1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnftables1Remove libnftables1 Configurations and Data
To remove libnftables1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnftables1Remove libnftables1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnftables1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnftables1Dependencies
libnftables1 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnftables1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.