How to Install and Uninstall fail2ban Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: September 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fail2ban on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fail2ban" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install fail2ban on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fail2ban
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fail2ban" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall fail2ban on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fail2ban
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fail2ban package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fail2ban
Version: 1.0.2-2
Installed-Size: 2129
Maintainer: Debian Python Team
Architecture: all
Depends: python3:any
Recommends: nftables | iptables, whois, python3-pyinotify, python3-systemd
Suggests: mailx, system-log-daemon, monit, sqlite3
Description: ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
Description-md5: 06685647beb252b706838adf56a34b2a
Homepage: https://www.fail2ban.org
Tag: admin::automation, admin::logging, admin::monitoring,
implemented-in::python, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
network::firewall, protocol::ip, role::program,
security::authentication, security::firewall, security::ids,
security::log-analyzer, use::login, use::monitor,
works-with-format::plaintext, works-with::logfile, works-with::text
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fail2ban/fail2ban_1.0.2-2_all.deb
Size: 451116
MD5sum: e7b8a41bfe2a6bc669a2e04082038cae
SHA256: 9717b7aeef7b00f0df4c76045cd6dab2755cbe9fc99dbfe3cd114126880ec7f7