How to Install and Uninstall fail2ban Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "fail2ban" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install fail2ban on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: fail2ban
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.2-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2078
Depends: python3:any
Recommends: nftables | iptables, whois, python3-pyinotify, python3-systemd
Suggests: mailx, system-log-daemon, monit, sqlite3
Filename: pool/universe/f/fail2ban/fail2ban_1.0.2-2_all.deb
Size: 407162
MD5sum: dbc04b02a593e310192058a1de29f57a
SHA1: a60bce0685f463cac838bb7d3d9bff459db10254
SHA256: 8f8d70de4c278c931f288bbe48b8b5aa1ecece37736cd522ff7b3ce820885b0e
SHA512: 1f20df180a38726db91eb0991b65f5cfd01bded77818c4eda342b1ed3c186f8d29dbc79446731d2f58d80480aaa4802e4510f64e48ba14f81fcd084547a2009b
Homepage: https://www.fail2ban.org
Description: ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
Description-md5: 06685647beb252b706838adf56a34b2a