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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "iptables" package

Please follow the guidance below to install iptables on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall iptables on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iptables
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iptables package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: iptables
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.9-2ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Netfilter Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2422
Depends: libip4tc2 (= 1.8.9-2ubuntu2), libip6tc2 (= 1.8.9-2ubuntu2), libxtables12 (= 1.8.9-2ubuntu2), netbase (>= 6.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libnetfilter-conntrack3 (>= 1.0.6), libnfnetlink0 (>= 1.0.2), libnftnl11 (>= 1.1.6)
Suggests: firewalld, kmod, nftables
Breaks: iptables-nftables-compat (<< 1.6.2~)
Replaces: iptables-nftables-compat (<< 1.6.2~)
Filename: pool/main/i/iptables/iptables_1.8.9-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 382128
MD5sum: 65c006ff5067013c103d54634ae03335
SHA1: a4dfe5696635c1cf07fa7bd762ad62725183c839
SHA256: 347213cc9ad3412f2f370887b8a35d98e2d55dab842a9028d662d5033944bf85
SHA512: 381e09ef520c5781c489394f688d35774e46962d48e98ff32adf364a0400f68093727fe85f58d788eedfe1ba05a5c3b4be06df0a0018a845b242c474d23cdda6
Homepage: https://www.netfilter.org/
Description: administration tools for packet filtering and NAT
Description-md5: dc4b91f4ed9a9f9fb4896c64ab1f7992
Task: standard