How to Install and Uninstall shorewall-core Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "shorewall-core" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install shorewall-core on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install shorewall-core

2. Uninstall "shorewall-core" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall shorewall-core on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove shorewall-core $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the shorewall-core package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: shorewall-core
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 156
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roberto C. Sanchez
Architecture: all
Version: 5.0.4-1
Depends: iptables (>= 1.3.8), iproute2 | iproute, perl, bc
Breaks: shorewall (<< 4.5.0~)
Filename: pool/universe/s/shorewall-core/shorewall-core_5.0.4-1_all.deb
Size: 37680
MD5sum: bbeb15b996f5c3b00ccce9b6b2cdc50e
SHA1: c2f45586e5f5d2b8cb6ea1ef0df942cc22f788fb
SHA256: 1febfaecb1849c4ace812f4dd5d2bac17a0e382d55568f965b6a9c46df11d843
Description-en: Shorewall core components
This package provides the core Shorewall components, which are required
for the rest of the Shorewall packages to work.
.
There is not an especially good reason to have this package installed all
by itself.
Description-md5: 640fa2f678347b37f0ec1536fa23201c
Homepage: http://www.shorewall.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu