How To Install west-chamber-common on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install west-chamber-common on Debian 11. west-chamber-common is iptable extension for bypassing content filtering firewall

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install west-chamber-common on Debian 11.

What is west-chamber-common

west-chamber-common is:

West-chamber is an iptable extension named after the famous Chinese ancient fiction - Romance of the West Chamber. It is based on the idea of T. Ptacek’s paper in 1998 which allows users go through some content-filtered firewall without 3rd-party proxies.

This package contains the extension for iptables. It needs corresponding kernel modules to work properly.

There are three methods to install west-chamber-common 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 west-chamber-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install west-chamber-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install west-chamber-common

Install west-chamber-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install west-chamber-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install west-chamber-common

Install west-chamber-common 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 west-chamber-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install west-chamber-common

How To Uninstall west-chamber-common on Debian 11

To uninstall only the west-chamber-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove west-chamber-common

Uninstall west-chamber-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall west-chamber-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove west-chamber-common

Remove west-chamber-common Configurations and Data

To remove west-chamber-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge west-chamber-common

Remove west-chamber-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove west-chamber-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge west-chamber-common

Dependencies

west-chamber-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install west-chamber-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.