How To Install fwbuilder on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder on Kali Linux. fwbuilder is Firewall administration tool GUI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder on Kali Linux.

What is fwbuilder

fwbuilder is:

Firewall Builder consists of an object-oriented GUI and a set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. In Firewall Builder, firewall policy is a set of rules, each rule consists of abstract objects which represent real network objects and services (hosts, routers, firewalls, networks, protocols). Firewall Builder helps the user maintain a database of objects and allows policy editing using simple drag-and-drop operations.

This is the GUI part of fwbuilder

There are three methods to install fwbuilder 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 fwbuilder Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fwbuilder

Install fwbuilder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fwbuilder using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fwbuilder

Install fwbuilder 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 fwbuilder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fwbuilder

How To Uninstall fwbuilder on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fwbuilder package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fwbuilder

Uninstall fwbuilder And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fwbuilder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwbuilder

Remove fwbuilder Configurations and Data

To remove fwbuilder configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fwbuilder

Remove fwbuilder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fwbuilder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwbuilder

Dependencies

fwbuilder have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.