How To Install fwbuilder-common on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-common on Ubuntu.
What is fwbuilder-common
fwbuilder-common 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 arch independent common parts of fwbuilder
There are three methods to install fwbuilder-common on Ubuntu. 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-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 fwbuilder-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fwbuilder-common
Install fwbuilder-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fwbuilder-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fwbuilder-common
Install fwbuilder-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fwbuilder-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fwbuilder-common
How To Uninstall fwbuilder-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the fwbuilder-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fwbuilder-common
Uninstall fwbuilder-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fwbuilder-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwbuilder-common
Remove fwbuilder-common Configurations and Data
To remove fwbuilder-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fwbuilder-common
Remove fwbuilder-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fwbuilder-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwbuilder-common
Dependencies
fwbuilder-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwbuilder-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.