How To Install nftables on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nftables on Kali Linux. nftables is Program to control packet filtering rules by Netfilter project

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nftables on Kali Linux.

What is nftables

nftables is:

This software provides an in-kernel packet classification framework that is based on a network-specific Virtual Machine (VM) and the nft userspace command line tool. The nftables framework reuses the existing Netfilter subsystems such as the existing hook infrastructure, the connection tracking system, NAT, userspace queueing and logging subsystem.

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.

There are three methods to install nftables 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 nftables Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nftables using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nftables

Install nftables Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nftables using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nftables

Install nftables 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install nftables using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nftables

How To Uninstall nftables on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nftables package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nftables

Uninstall nftables And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nftables and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nftables

Remove nftables Configurations and Data

To remove nftables configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nftables

Remove nftables configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nftables configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nftables

Dependencies

nftables have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nftables package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.