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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "shorewall-lite" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install shorewall-lite on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                shorewall-lite
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "shorewall-lite" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall shorewall-lite on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: shorewall-lite
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 74
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roberto C. Sanchez
Architecture: all
Version: 5.0.4-1
Depends: shorewall-core (>= 5.0.4~), iptables (>= 1.3.8), iproute2 | iproute, bc
Recommends: wget
Suggests: shorewall-doc, make
Conflicts: ferm, filtergen, firewall-easy, gnome-lokkit, guarddog, guidedog, ipmasq, ipmenu, knetfilter, uif, webmin-firewall
Filename: pool/universe/s/shorewall-lite/shorewall-lite_5.0.4-1_all.deb
Size: 19618
MD5sum: ff27b86a1d55a79ac3c7184b6c110571
SHA1: 98b30334f97c61b1cdb6253c6747b98447333354
SHA256: 736449edf0075dbb5e08caf90d5f1fdd02c6bfb57a199fbd1094b129d7ffc9f9
Description-en: Shorewall (lite version), a high-level tool for configuring Netfilter
Shorewall allows you to describe your firewall/gateway requirements using
entries in a set of configuration files. It reads those configuration files
and, with the help of the iptables utility, configures Netfilter to match your
requirements.
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Shorewall supports a wide range of router/firewall/gateway applications,
traffic shaping and almost every type of VPN.
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The shorewall-lite package is designed to allow you to maintain all Shorewall
configuration information on a single system within your network.
Description-md5: c42a2f5a35b01bb3f08f6ef73042287d
Homepage: http://www.shorewall.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu