How to Install and Uninstall shorewall6-lite Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "shorewall6-lite" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install shorewall6-lite on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                shorewall6-lite
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "shorewall6-lite" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall shorewall6-lite on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                shorewall6-lite
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the shorewall6-lite package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: shorewall6-lite
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 73
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roberto C. Sanchez
Architecture: all
Version: 5.0.4-1
Depends: shorewall-core (>= 5.0.4~), iptables (>= 1.4.1), iproute2 | iproute
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/shorewall6-lite/shorewall6-lite_5.0.4-1_all.deb
Size: 19250
MD5sum: 7eab73c9b309888c022b8c578bf57c54
SHA1: c29c4f70ba529039ffc0bbdf54892470d63116d9
SHA256: 7075d0462fb42696fabea75a9f825de59c78f60dc320e7e89e05201b507d4f28
Description-en: Shorewall (lite version with IPv6 support)
Shorewall6 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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Shorewall6 supports a wide range of router/firewall/gateway applications,
traffic shaping and almost every type of VPN.
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The shorewall6-lite package is designed to allow you to maintain all Shorewall
configuration information on a single system within your network.
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This package contains IPv6 support.
Description-md5: 0bfffbe58f12dfa8f9d6842d47fc37f3
Homepage: http://www.shorewall.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu