How To Install libxtables-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxtables-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxtables-dev
libxtables-dev is:
The user-space interface to the Netfilter xtables kernel framework.
This package includes the development files of libxtables.
There are three methods to install libxtables-dev 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 libxtables-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 libxtables-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxtables-dev
Install libxtables-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxtables-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxtables-dev
Install libxtables-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 libxtables-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxtables-dev
How To Uninstall libxtables-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxtables-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxtables-dev
Uninstall libxtables-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxtables-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxtables-dev
Remove libxtables-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxtables-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxtables-dev
Remove libxtables-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxtables-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxtables-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxtables-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
