How To Install python3-nftables on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-nftables on Debian 11.
What is python3-nftables
python3-nftables is:
The libnftables library provides high level semantics to interact with the nftables framework by the Netfilter project.
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.
This package contains the libnftables python3 bindings.
There are three methods to install python3-nftables on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-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 python3-nftables using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-nftables
Install python3-nftables Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-nftables using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-nftables
Install python3-nftables 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 python3-nftables using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-nftables
How To Uninstall python3-nftables on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-nftables package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-nftables
Uninstall python3-nftables And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-nftables and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-nftables
Remove python3-nftables Configurations and Data
To remove python3-nftables configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-nftables
Remove python3-nftables configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-nftables configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-nftables
Dependencies
python3-nftables have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-nftables package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
