How To Install fireqos on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fireqos on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fireqos
fireqos is:
FireQOS generates generic traffic shapers with an extremely simple but powerful configuration language based on bash, enabling you to design any kind of traffic shaping with ease.
FireQOS is the traffic shaper counterpart of the FireHOL firewall; both FireHOL and FireQOS support IPv4 and IPv6.
This package provides the traffic shaping tool program.
There are three methods to install fireqos 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 fireqos Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fireqos using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fireqos
Install fireqos Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fireqos using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fireqos
Install fireqos 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 fireqos using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fireqos
How To Uninstall fireqos on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fireqos package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fireqos
Uninstall fireqos And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fireqos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fireqos
Remove fireqos Configurations and Data
To remove fireqos configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fireqos
Remove fireqos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fireqos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fireqos
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fireqos package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
