How To Install west-chamber-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 west-chamber-common on Ubuntu.
What is west-chamber-common
west-chamber-common is:
West-chamber is an iptable extension named after the famous Chinese ancient fiction - Romance of the West Chamber. It is based on the idea of T. Ptacek’s paper in 1998 which allows users go through some content-filtered firewall without 3rd-party proxies.
This package contains the extension for iptables. It needs corresponding kernel modules to work properly.
There are three methods to install west-chamber-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 west-chamber-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 west-chamber-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install west-chamber-common
Install west-chamber-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install west-chamber-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install west-chamber-common
Install west-chamber-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 west-chamber-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install west-chamber-common
How To Uninstall west-chamber-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the west-chamber-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove west-chamber-common
Uninstall west-chamber-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall west-chamber-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove west-chamber-common
Remove west-chamber-common Configurations and Data
To remove west-chamber-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge west-chamber-common
Remove west-chamber-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove west-chamber-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge west-chamber-common
Dependencies
west-chamber-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install west-chamber-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.