The [guide][1] recommends the Gufw firewall GUI.
I installed it by `apt`
gufw/oldstable,oldstable,now 12.10.0-1 all [installed]
graphical user interface for ufw
Typing ẁindow key + gufw, I cannot see the application.
Only access is through terminal by `gufw` which is not enough.
I am thinking why so + how to fix the issue because I am systematically using too little firewall in Linux.
Installation and testing the packages installed
1. Studying the package `masi@masi:$ apt search gufw`
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
gufw/oldstable,oldstable,now 12.10.0-1 all [installed]
graphical user interface for ufw
2. Installation by method `apt install gufw`
3. Output of `apt show -a gufw` where I am thinking about two packages (17.04 and 12.10) so something conflicting in my system - for some reason `gufw` in terminal starts gufw 12.10
Package: gufw
Source: gui-ufw
Version: 17.04.1-1.1
Installed-Size: 3,376 kB
Maintainer: Python Applications Packaging Team <[email protected]>
Depends: python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~), ufw (>= 0.34~rc), gir1.2-gtk-3.0, policykit-1, gir1.2-webkit2-4.0, python3-gi, net-tools
Homepage: http://gufw.org/
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::python, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, network::firewall, role::program, scope::utility,
security::firewall, uitoolkit::gtk, use::configuring, x11::application
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Download-Size: 842 kB
APT-Sources: http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
Package: gufw
Source: gui-ufw
Version: 12.10.0-1
Installed-Size: 1,328 kB
Maintainer: Devid Antonio Filoni <[email protected]>
Depends: python (>= 2.6.6-7~), ufw (>= 0.31.1), gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-polkit-1.0, notify-osd | notification-daemon, policykit-1, python-dbus, python-gobject, gnome-icon-theme-symbolic
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/gui-ufw
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::python, interface::x11,
network::firewall, role::program, scope::utility, security::firewall,
uitoolkit::gtk, use::configuring, x11::application
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Download-Size: 261 kB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages
4. Output of `apt-cache policy gufw`
gufw:
Installed: 12.10.0-1
Candidate: 12.10.0-1
Version table:
17.04.1-1.1 0
200 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
*** 12.10.0-1 0
500 http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages
500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
5. Output of `dpkg -l gufw`
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===============================-====================-====================-====================================================================
ii gufw 12.10.0-1 all graphical user interface for ufw
OS: Debian 8.7
Related bug: [gufw: desktop entry doesn't show up in desktop environments][2]
[1]: https://spreadprivacy.com/linux-privacy-tips-1dc956657357
[2]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681315