How to Install and Uninstall bird Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "bird" package

Please follow the guidance below to install bird on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "bird" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall bird on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bird package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: bird
Version: 1.6.6-1+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 1459
Maintainer: Ondřej Surý
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bird-bgp (<< 1.5.0-2~)
Provides: bird-bgp
Depends: adduser, ucf, libc6 (>= 2.27), libreadline7 (>= 6.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: bird-doc
Conflicts: routed, zebra
Breaks: bird-bgp (<< 1.5.0-2~)
Description: Internet Routing Daemon
Description-md5: abde59d9329fee5542ca525a035ae764
Homepage: http://bird.network.cz/
Tag: interface::daemon, network::routing, network::server, protocol::ip,
role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::routing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bird/bird_1.6.6-1+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 599128
MD5sum: c3039a7ecd7bf6a17bcf91d7398d2a19
SHA256: 60dcc24e09157495076b7b48445ae1ffcdc4bf26ac98859efee2a8f37d686a5b