How to Install firewalld software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install firewalld software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

firewalld software package provides dynamically managed firewall with support for network zones, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install firewalld 

firewalld is installed in your system.

Make ensure the firewalld package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep firewalld *

You will get with firewalld package name, version, architecture and description in a table

firewalld package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Network
Package firewalld
Version 0.4.0-1
Description dynamically managed firewall with support for network zones
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove firewalld software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?