How to Install and Uninstall ferm Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "ferm" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install ferm on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ferm
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ferm" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall ferm on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ferm
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ferm package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: ferm
Version: 2.4-1
Installed-Size: 302
Maintainer: Alexander Wirt
Architecture: all
Depends: debconf (>= 1.2.0), iptables (>= 1.3), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), perl (>= 5.6), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Recommends: libnet-dns-perl
Description: maintain and setup complicated firewall rules
Description-md5: 72483f2f5f9153295b67c751fece6d34
Homepage: http://ferm.foo-projects.org/
Tag: devel::compiler, interface::commandline, network::firewall,
protocol::ipv6, role::program, scope::utility, security::firewall,
use::configuring
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/ferm/ferm_2.4-1_all.deb
Size: 112380
MD5sum: aba27e879d814c4f347e90c4d1d67c3e
SHA256: 918184329ba45fe5136046586db2849f10f650f37dd72eaf516ea5279214262b