How to Install and Uninstall fail2ban Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 24,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fail2ban on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "fail2ban" package

Please follow the guidance below to install fail2ban on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fail2ban
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fail2ban" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall fail2ban on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fail2ban
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fail2ban package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: fail2ban
Architecture: all
Version: 0.11.2-6
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2049
Depends: python3:any, lsb-base
Recommends: nftables | iptables, whois, python3-pyinotify, python3-systemd
Suggests: mailx, system-log-daemon, monit, sqlite3
Filename: pool/universe/f/fail2ban/fail2ban_0.11.2-6_all.deb
Size: 394448
MD5sum: f038645620097a3d136fc313d4062a1a
SHA1: be474d4c5f8c019b1de2f1681be350050f4814b9
SHA256: 10d53979be0c5980654d5d030d4861173cf1e5a41e7028f15ef43f5b79739061
SHA512: 7ee9f796d88cf0ff11f2c625a47f822278ace6ff481295f811cfd7fd60afc0567666f24a32442306ffc33d45bf2ad897d1b9836899e659b41eeaedd8af14eb54
Homepage: https://www.fail2ban.org
Description: ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
Description-md5: 06685647beb252b706838adf56a34b2a