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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "nftables" package

This tutorial shows how to install nftables on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

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


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

Package: nftables
Version: 0.9.0-2
Installed-Size: 113
Maintainer: Debian Netfilter Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libnftables0 (= 0.9.0-2), libc6 (>= 2.4), libgmp10, libjansson4 (>= 2.0.1), libreadline7 (>= 6.0)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Description: Program to control packet filtering rules by Netfilter project
Description-md5: 24bc0867cd246ced705663120fd62b92
Homepage: http://www.netfilter.org/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nftables/nftables_0.9.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 45192
MD5sum: 498bcae3b2c19d166330380120d5b2c0
SHA256: 763402436f16bc24068cba5f8022e12003f62ab92e59bda5ffd8e035eb2779f2