How To Install mason on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mason
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mason
mason is:
Mason creates a firewall that exactly matches the types of TCP/IP traffic flowing in, out and through a Linux computer. It can be used to create a full firewall or add rules to an existing firewall.
There are three methods to install mason
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 mason Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mason
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mason
Install mason Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mason
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mason
Install mason 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 mason
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mason
How To Uninstall mason on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mason
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mason
Uninstall mason And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mason
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mason
Remove mason Configurations and Data
To remove mason
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mason
Remove mason configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mason
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mason
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mason
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.