Steps to install IP Table

This are some important steps for install (IP) tables:-


1.  Get the iptables tarball containing all the needed files.-

       - To get the latest version of iptables go to netfilter.org
       - Downloads are available at http://www.netfilter.org/downloads.html
       - The file should be named iptables-1.*.*.tar.bz2 where the asterisks represent the numbers of the       latest version.
       - Save this file to a temporary directory, we will use /tmp in this example.


 2. Open a terminal window.



 3. Change your directory to where you saved iptables by typing :-

      # cd /tmp



4. Uncompress the archive to the /usr/src directory by typing :-

      # tar -xvjf ./iptables-1.*.*.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src

      where the asterisks represent the version number of the file you downloaded,



5. Change to the directory it created (typically iptables-1.*.*), by typing :-

      # cd /usr/src/iptables-1.*.*



6. Using the kernel directories above, type :-

      # /bin/sh -c make



7. To finish the install, type :-

      # /bin/sh -c make install


- Iptables should now be installed, You can test the installation as described in the beginning of this section to see if it is working.

- If the above install steps seemed to execute without any error, but typing:-

# iptables -V

- Brings up an error, it is possible that the program did'n install itself to the sbin directory, To fix this type the following command from the iptables-1.*.* directory:

ComputerName:~# cp ./iptables /sbin

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