How to Install and Uninstall nftables Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "nftables" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install nftables on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall nftables on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: nftables
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.2-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Netfilter Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 594
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgmp10, libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libnftnl7 (>= 1.0.9), libreadline7 (>= 6.0), libxtables12 (>= 1.6.1)
Filename: pool/universe/n/nftables/nftables_0.8.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 184920
MD5sum: 1b56f566fe9b4668a2be41d45aa71d3d
SHA1: bb0f0e0d3589102c4ea804f8ba851f71a708fad2
SHA256: 22cfc8950f3a20c5a0fde9798bada38b63d7d611dd36dd615ff2f068abb2838b
Homepage: http://www.netfilter.org/
Description: Program to control packet filtering rules by Netfilter project
Description-md5: 24bc0867cd246ced705663120fd62b92