How To Install shorewall6-lite on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shorewall6-lite on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 shorewall6-lite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shorewall6-lite
How To Uninstall shorewall6-lite on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shorewall6-lite package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
