How To Install netstat-nat on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netstat-nat on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is netstat-nat
netstat-nat is:
Netstat-nat is a program that displays Network Address Translations (NAT) connections, managed by netfilter/iptables acting as firewall.
NAT rules are stored in memory. However, the program reads its information from ‘/proc/net/ip_conntrack’, which is the temporary conntrack-storage of netfilter.
There are three methods to install netstat-nat 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 netstat-nat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netstat-nat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netstat-nat
Install netstat-nat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netstat-nat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netstat-nat
Install netstat-nat 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 netstat-nat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netstat-nat
How To Uninstall netstat-nat on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the netstat-nat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netstat-nat
Uninstall netstat-nat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netstat-nat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netstat-nat
Remove netstat-nat Configurations and Data
To remove netstat-nat configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netstat-nat
Remove netstat-nat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netstat-nat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netstat-nat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netstat-nat package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
