How to Install and Uninstall ebtables Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "ebtables" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ebtables on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall ebtables on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ebtables
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ebtables package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: ebtables
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.11-4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Netfilter Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 264
Depends: netbase (>= 6.0), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: iptables, kmod
Filename: pool/main/e/ebtables/ebtables_2.0.11-4_amd64.deb
Size: 80420
MD5sum: b47f5f2bab393933f9b1024067bdf662
SHA1: f6d11e2bfb50b46ad2d79e047930a1d47194fa75
SHA256: e1b1903d49f3045cbbf7f2b7ee58545acf74d89fa0e71ad81cef20644ca7371e
SHA512: 6f1d3ff25609878f9fe7f290a89b1146cdc6812e0eebf76feb2af16550b91b3af61f6b4e1d3e824bc2204a934eb7a804eb2e96d2d55316d14cf737a6acc84289
Homepage: https://netfilter.org/
Description-en: Ethernet bridge frame table administration
Ebtables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of
Ethernet frame rules in the Linux kernel. It is analogous to iptables,
but operates at the MAC layer rather than the IP layer.
Description-md5: 1ee8adc32f9027f83fc2926324d15ddf