How To Install mcollective-plugins-iptables on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-iptables on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mcollective-plugins-iptables
mcollective-plugins-iptables is:
This agent will add, query and remove iptables rules to a specific iptables chain called junk_filter.
There are three methods to install mcollective-plugins-iptables 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 mcollective-plugins-iptables Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-iptables using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-plugins-iptables
Install mcollective-plugins-iptables Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-iptables using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mcollective-plugins-iptables
Install mcollective-plugins-iptables 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 mcollective-plugins-iptables using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-plugins-iptables
How To Uninstall mcollective-plugins-iptables on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mcollective-plugins-iptables package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mcollective-plugins-iptables
Uninstall mcollective-plugins-iptables And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mcollective-plugins-iptables and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcollective-plugins-iptables
Remove mcollective-plugins-iptables Configurations and Data
To remove mcollective-plugins-iptables configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-plugins-iptables
Remove mcollective-plugins-iptables configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mcollective-plugins-iptables configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-plugins-iptables
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-iptables package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
