How to Install and Uninstall nftables Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "nftables" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install nftables on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall nftables on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nftables
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nftables package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: nftables
Version: 0.9.8-3.1
Installed-Size: 178
Maintainer: Debian Netfilter Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libnftables1 (= 0.9.8-3.1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libedit2 (>= 3.1-20130611-0)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Suggests: firewalld
Description: Program to control packet filtering rules by Netfilter project
Description-md5: 24bc0867cd246ced705663120fd62b92
Homepage: https://www.netfilter.org/
Section: net
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/n/nftables/nftables_0.9.8-3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 68456
MD5sum: d0c7816f7111c62dfa0baa1571020820
SHA256: 50b9b9dcebc5a06e7270b9c760b5e890b8fa0f6be7a3502ee76d1b6e66f81579