How to Install and Uninstall nftables Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "nftables" package

Please follow the steps below to install nftables on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall nftables on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: nftables
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.3-2
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: 143
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Depends: libnftables1 (= 0.9.3-2), libc6 (>= 2.4), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Suggests: firewalld
Filename: pool/universe/n/nftables/nftables_0.9.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 51244
MD5sum: 03c0591bb4ee14c3a259c2716544cb70
SHA1: f60c84bb1607bc7f526b8b30ee4bb5da22dd6c87
SHA256: c8205a7559a47eece33fb5708a769fcfbd4dbf998eaee11346efbac1f5c5e4c3
Homepage: https://www.netfilter.org/
Description: Program to control packet filtering rules by Netfilter project
Description-md5: 24bc0867cd246ced705663120fd62b92