How to Install and Uninstall nftables Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "nftables" package

This tutorial shows how to install nftables on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall nftables on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: nftables
Source: nftables (1.0.9-1)
Version: 1.0.9-1+b2
Installed-Size: 182
Maintainer: Debian Netfilter Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libnftables1 (= 1.0.9-1+b2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libedit2 (>= 3.1-20130611-0)
Recommends: netbase
Suggests: firewalld
Size: 73328
SHA256: 1b97103a328d81a7c3462eae41c52f75d383f823a109dc5e22a666da7ef7ca80
SHA1: d5e43e768a8ad518c0ea7c0c0222f3067918fc42
MD5sum: 3649249e8dfeee9071828ce466013f95
Description: Program to control packet filtering rules by Netfilter project
This software provides an in-kernel packet classification framework that is
based on a network-specific Virtual Machine (VM) and the nft userspace
command line tool. The nftables framework reuses the existing Netfilter
subsystems such as the existing hook infrastructure, the connection tracking
system, NAT, userspace queueing and logging subsystem.
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nftables replaces the old popular iptables, ip6tables, arptables and ebtables.
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Netfilter software and nftables in particular are used in applications such
as Internet connection sharing, firewalls, IP accounting, transparent
proxying, advanced routing and traffic control.
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A Linux kernel >= 3.13 is required. However, >= 4.14 is recommended.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.netfilter.org/
Section: net
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/n/nftables/nftables_1.0.9-1+b2_amd64.deb