How To Install nuauth-extra on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nuauth-extra on Debian 9.
What is nuauth-extra
nuauth-extra is:
NuFW is an authenticating firewall based on netfilter’s NFQUEUE target. It allows one to write filtering rules based on user identity, in addition to classical network criteria. Unless other solutions, NuFW uses a strict security model and can apply different access rules to users connected on the same host, for example.
Nuauth-extra provides extra modules for nuauth, such as the ipauth_guest and auth_mysql modules.
There are three methods to install nuauth-extra on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nuauth-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nuauth-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nuauth-extra
Install nuauth-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nuauth-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nuauth-extra
Install nuauth-extra 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nuauth-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nuauth-extra
How To Uninstall nuauth-extra on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nuauth-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nuauth-extra
Uninstall nuauth-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nuauth-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nuauth-extra
Remove nuauth-extra Configurations and Data
To remove nuauth-extra configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nuauth-extra
Remove nuauth-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nuauth-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nuauth-extra
Dependencies
nuauth-extra have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nuauth-extra package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.