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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ufw" package

Please follow the instructions below to install ufw on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ufw" package

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


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

Package: ufw
Version: 0.36.2-1
Installed-Size: 857
Maintainer: Jamie Strandboge
Architecture: all
Depends: iptables, ucf, python3:any, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: rsyslog
Breaks: iptables-persistent, netfilter-persistent
Description: program for managing a Netfilter firewall
Description-md5: 90e09f8ba6c08a5698b47f5da441b4a7
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/ufw
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::python, interface::commandline,
network::firewall, role::program, scope::utility, security::firewall
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/u/ufw/ufw_0.36.2-1_all.deb
Size: 167940
MD5sum: 94fc6321a84b611c669703a875c5b760
SHA256: 8c49b7e010b046717eb9a910d14ba2185bc1342be7a2201dd63bfb536676426c