How to Install and Uninstall shorewall6 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "shorewall6" package

Learn how to install shorewall6 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                shorewall6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "shorewall6" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall shorewall6 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                shorewall6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the shorewall6 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: shorewall6
Version: 5.2.3.2-1
Installed-Size: 779
Maintainer: Roberto C. Sanchez
Architecture: all
Depends: iptables (>= 1.4.1), iproute2 | iproute, debconf (>= 1.4.69) | cdebconf (>= 0.39), shorewall (>= 5.2.3~), shorewall (<< 5.2.4~), libio-socket-inet6-perl, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Description: Shoreline Firewall (IPv6 version), netfilter configurator
Description-md5: dc297ddbeac567f8ccdd4d6e755793ab
Homepage: http://www.shorewall.net
Tag: network::firewall, protocol::ipv6, role::program, security::firewall
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/shorewall6/shorewall6_5.2.3.2-1_all.deb
Size: 289232
MD5sum: d5f45f399efb15cc08923948d3f4957e
SHA256: 2c539ab7dd38010463131c78ac445caf2e3bbc3b962230d6564c82c8282c13b0