How To Install uif on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uif
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is uif
uif is:
Complete package to create and simplify iptables packetfilter rules using perl. It was developed for a diskless router system that can store its configurations in regular files or LDAP databases.
There are three methods to install uif
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install uif Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uif
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uif
Install uif Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uif
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uif
Install uif 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 uif
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uif
How To Uninstall uif on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the uif
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uif
Uninstall uif And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uif
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uif
Remove uif Configurations and Data
To remove uif
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uif
Remove uif configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uif
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uif
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uif
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.