How to Install and Uninstall bird Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the bird on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bird" package

Please follow the steps below to install bird on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall bird on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bird
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bird package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bird
Source: bird (1.6.8-2.1)
Version: 1.6.8-2.1+b1
Installed-Size: 1471
Maintainer: Ondřej Surý
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bird-bgp (<< 1.5.0-2~)
Provides: bird-bgp
Depends: adduser, ucf, libc6 (>= 2.34), libreadline8 (>= 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_1.6.8-2.1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 602668
MD5sum: b662e97dad7f9e18ecc92a53f20d9c7c
SHA256: a7c5c4ac9eae071be75ea05c86ff6ae52c3c4aecdbf0709321a1722ae3269106