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

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ferm" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ferm on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall ferm on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: ferm
Version: 2.5.1-1.1
Installed-Size: 309
Maintainer: Alexander Wirt
Architecture: all
Depends: debconf (>= 1.2.0), iptables (>= 1.3), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), perl (>= 5.6)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
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_2.5.1-1.1_all.deb
Size: 109644
MD5sum: e70b3acd267aa5e32ed7151ed67519d4
SHA256: 1c1684ddde6c007f0e1cf1d60273e19252d3c21bb30c94e3749f75fe54e4de59