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I tried to install the Linux firewall iptable but it did not work I tried

sudo apt-get install iptable

and that did not work.

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    it is iptables and should alresdy be insalled.
    – Panther
    Oct 31, 2015 at 15:35
  • please copy and paste the error message into your question
    – mchid
    Oct 31, 2015 at 15:39
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    @bodhi.zazen it isn't always installed on some VPS images, etc. Sometimes it has to be installed manually, even though the underlying kernel netfilter stuff exists.
    – Thomas Ward
    Oct 31, 2015 at 16:14
  • It can't find the package.
    – user466616
    Oct 31, 2015 at 16:42

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That package name is iptables not iptable use command :

sudo apt-get install iptables
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