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Linux Mint: install a Firewall and activate - how to

  • Oct 19, 2025
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You want to protect yourself as best as possible against the dangers of the Internet, you should enable the Linux Firewall Mint. We will show you in this practice tip, how to do it.

Linux Mint: install a Firewall and activate - how to

Note: Linux Mint is already a Firewall installed, but disabled by default. The Firewall "ufw" do you need to activate independently:
  1. First open the Terminal in Linux Mint, for example, via the key combination [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [T].
  2. Now enter the command "sudo ufw enable", and confirm with the [Enter] button.
  3. The Firewall is now enabled. Using the command "sudo ufw status" you can check the Status of.
  4. Tip: With gufw, you get a graphical interface for the Firewall. You can use the following command: "sudo apt-get install gufw -y".
Linux Mint: install a Firewall
In the next practical tip we show you how to create a Kernel Update in Linux Mint to perform.

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