How to Install and Uninstall iptables-optimizer Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "iptables-optimizer" package

Please follow the guidance below to install iptables-optimizer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall iptables-optimizer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iptables-optimizer
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iptables-optimizer package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: iptables-optimizer
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 93
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Johannes Hubertz
Architecture: all
Version: 0.9.13-2
Depends: python (>= 2.7.8-1), bash (>= 4.3)
Filename: pool/universe/i/iptables-optimizer/iptables-optimizer_0.9.13-2_all.deb
Size: 13654
MD5sum: df2f680c6001e0abcd37cee5210f82d8
SHA1: ac22c9772d84b6ada871cc4c241e400cb5dfd43f
SHA256: dbfcf2bf03c3285d32ccfd385a20532621ab58f0c6c87ec3c8c6f0b6d99ce67f
Description-en: sort iptables rules by packet counters
iptables-optimizer is a shell and Python based tool for sorting
iptables rules by packet/byte counters according to the
administrators policy, ip6tables-optimizer works similar just
for ip6tables chains.
Description-md5: fd2c3f431051520005b028e9442d4a38
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu