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

Last updated: February 03,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "shorewall" package

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


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall shorewall 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 shorewall package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: shorewall
Version: 5.2.8-2
Installed-Size: 3090
Maintainer: Debian Shorewall Team
Architecture: all
Depends: bc, iproute2, iptables, shorewall-core (= 5.2.8-2), init-system-helpers (>= 1.51), perl:any
Recommends: libnetfilter-cthelper0
Suggests: make, shorewall-doc
Description: Shoreline Firewall, netfilter configurator
Description-md5: 8a35206537054a60152c0c407d9b9c10
Homepage: https://www.shorewall.org/
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_5.2.8-2_all.deb
Size: 547916
MD5sum: 6eab12505f10c655048958cd1e59bd94
SHA256: b3f99e7014a20b3903c7be9112df1598bf8e36dc42e30896e43f670f1e87df9a