How to Install and Uninstall net-tools Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: September 19,2024

1. Install "net-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install net-tools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                net-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "net-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall net-tools on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: net-tools
Version: 1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1
Installed-Size: 979
Maintainer: net-tools Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
Description: NET-3 networking toolkit
Description-md5: 08f345ee19e62d4fd85e960d3a061a33
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::configuration, network::routing, network::vpn, protocol::ipv6,
role::program, scope::utility, use::routing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/net-tools/net-tools_1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1_amd64.deb
Size: 248276
MD5sum: 6895310d05e62648bbc8b0e18972a1fc
SHA256: 83f7925a7df2bc88590255f009ef42e38f7902426a4801e915b30d33fb42ba53