How to Install and Uninstall nftables Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "nftables" package

This is a short guide on how to install nftables on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall nftables on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: nftables
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 395
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5+snapshot20151106-1
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgmp10, libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libnftnl4 (>= 1.0.5), libreadline6 (>= 6.0)
Filename: pool/universe/n/nftables/nftables_0.5+snapshot20151106-1_amd64.deb
Size: 120802
MD5sum: 0dd3a02f7d25c5a813e0fd2d488b3a68
SHA1: bc8512f4053f91bfb91bb6b00c60c85792b71d7a
SHA256: 4237bddb27082185af57ab12a287c4f081c02376e6aacd3169266b5719781be9
Description-en: Program to control packet filtering rules by Netfilter project
These are the user-space administration tools for the Linux
kernel's netfilter and nftables. netfilter and nftables provide
a framework for stateful and stateless packet filtering, network
and port address translation, and other IP packet manipulation.
The framework is the successor to iptables.
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Netfilter and nftables are used in applications such as Internet
connection sharing, firewalls, IP accounting, transparent proxying,
advanced routing and traffic control.
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A Linux kernel >= 3.13 is required. However, >= 4.2 is recommended.
Description-md5: 27ca4b05c8081a944095f5bcf50901a3
Homepage: http://www.netfilter.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu