How To Install pyroman on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyroman on Ubuntu 22.04. pyroman is Very fast firewall configuration tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyroman on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is pyroman

pyroman is:

Pyroman is a firewall tool written in Python for complex networks, but it can of course also handle simple single-host-single-link setups.

Interesting features:

  • Fast, due to use of iptables-restore for mass setting of rules
  • Rollback to previous firewall configuration on errors
  • Safety options to prevent mistakes in configuration (success confirmation prompt and/or scripted external verification)
  • Detailed error reporting
  • Lots of verification checks done before execution
  • Powerful yet clean configuration files (in Python and/or XML)
  • Designed for multiple hosts, firewalls, networks
  • Consistent firewalls for IPv4 and IPv6
  • Can print static rules in single-shot usage to load with other tools such as iptables-restore and iptables-persistent, or to manually adapt

Pyroman is inspired by Shorewall and FireHOL, but tries to improve upon them with respect to performance and ease of configuration.

Pyroman currently only configures iptables/netfilter firewalls, it does not include configuration utilities for setting up VPN or traffic shaping.

There are three methods to install pyroman on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pyroman Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pyroman

Install pyroman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pyroman

Install pyroman 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 pyroman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pyroman

How To Uninstall pyroman on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove pyroman

Uninstall pyroman And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pyroman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pyroman

Remove pyroman Configurations and Data

To remove pyroman configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pyroman

Remove pyroman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pyroman

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyroman package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.