How To Install shorewall6-lite on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shorewall6-lite
on Kali Linux.
What is shorewall6-lite
shorewall6-lite is:
Shorewall6 allows you to describe your firewall/gateway requirements using entries in a set of configuration files. It reads those configuration files and, with the help of the iptables utility, configures Netfilter to match your requirements.
Shorewall6 supports a wide range of router/firewall/gateway applications, traffic shaping and almost every type of VPN.
The shorewall6-lite package is designed to allow you to maintain all Shorewall configuration information on a single system within your network.
This package contains IPv6 support.
There are three methods to install shorewall6-lite
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 shorewall6-lite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shorewall6-lite
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shorewall6-lite
Install shorewall6-lite Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shorewall6-lite
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shorewall6-lite
Install shorewall6-lite 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 shorewall6-lite
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shorewall6-lite
How To Uninstall shorewall6-lite on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the shorewall6-lite
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shorewall6-lite
Uninstall shorewall6-lite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shorewall6-lite
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shorewall6-lite
Remove shorewall6-lite Configurations and Data
To remove shorewall6-lite
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shorewall6-lite
Remove shorewall6-lite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shorewall6-lite
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shorewall6-lite
Dependencies
shorewall6-lite have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shorewall6-lite
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.