How to Install and Uninstall iproute2 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "iproute2" package

This tutorial shows how to install iproute2 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iproute2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "iproute2" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall iproute2 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iproute2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iproute2 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: iproute2
Version: 4.20.0-2+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 2589
Maintainer: Alexander Wirt
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: iproute
Provides: arpd
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdb5.3, libelf1 (>= 0.131), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.15), libxtables12 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117), libcap2-bin
Recommends: libatm1 (>= 2.4.1-17~)
Suggests: iproute2-doc
Conflicts: arpd, iproute (<< 20130000-1)
Description: networking and traffic control tools
Description-md5: d10cc46ca4a9e5489b7d2c879fcfba17
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::configuration, role::program, scope::utility, use::routing,
works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/i/iproute2/iproute2_4.20.0-2+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 826268
MD5sum: 228024401a269c2e1e39d64673f1f0d1
SHA256: bcba12719b4938f0e7f615ac470f5d1e3a9453c50c5be4395fc16e0f337a5144