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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "shorewall" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install shorewall on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall shorewall on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: shorewall
Version: 5.2.3.2-1
Installed-Size: 2457
Maintainer: Roberto C. Sanchez
Architecture: all
Replaces: shorewall-common, shorewall-perl, shorewall-shell
Depends: shorewall-core (>= 5.2.3~), shorewall-core (<< 5.2.4~), iptables (>= 1.3.8), iproute2 | iproute, debconf (>= 1.4.69) | cdebconf (>= 0.39), perl, bc, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: libnetfilter-cthelper0
Suggests: shorewall-doc, make
Description: Shoreline Firewall, netfilter configurator
Description-md5: 8a35206537054a60152c0c407d9b9c10
Homepage: http://www.shorewall.net
Tag: admin::configuring, interface::commandline, network::firewall,
protocol::ipv6, role::dummy, role::program, scope::utility,
security::firewall, use::configuring, use::routing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/shorewall/shorewall_5.2.3.2-1_all.deb
Size: 766052
MD5sum: d4a80bd5222e694d3bd5d09431a52731
SHA256: b53e03b0a50a5c1f1fc189ab46d715bff9090697953ef459af840d4613b454cc