install python-iptable on obuntu

[mm95]

Hi everybody,

I installed python-iptables, according the below instructions :

% git clone git://git.netfilter.org/iptables && cd iptables
% ./autogen.sh
% ./configure --prefix=/tmp/iptables
% make
% make install

All the obove commands were runned successfully, but when I ran the below test, I received the error message :
sudo IPTABLES_LIBDIR=/tmp/iptables/lib XTABLES_LIBDIR=/tmp/iptables/lib/xtables python

Python 2.7.6 (default, Mar 22 2014, 22:59:38)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import iptc
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
ImportError: No module named iptc

Thanks.

[ldx]

This only installs iptables. You should install python-iptables separately, according to the README.

[jllorente]

Hi @mm95 , did you solve your installation issue?
If you are using Ubuntu, chances are that iptables is already installed in your system. Can you provide the output of the following command?

$ sudo iptables -v
iptables v1.6.0: no command specified
Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.

As far as installing python-iptables (the library of this repository), you can do it by simply running:

$ sudo pip install --upgrade python-iptables

The documentation only says that if you want to run a different version of iptables than the provided one, you could install it with those commands you mentioned, but again, the Ubuntu built-in should be sufficient :)

[mm95]

Hi @jllorente and @ldx
yes, my problems were solved after some research and try.
Thank you for your attention.