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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bird-bgp" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install bird-bgp on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall bird-bgp on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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-bgp package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bird-bgp
Source: bird
Version: 1.6.8-2.1
Installed-Size: 232
Maintainer: Ondřej Surý
Architecture: all
Depends: adduser, bird (>= 1.6.8-2.1~)
Description: Internet Routing Daemon [transitional package]
Description-md5: 9a398c8a7897c141caab0a921567ba13
Homepage: http://bird.network.cz/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bird/bird-bgp_1.6.8-2.1_all.deb
Size: 229904
MD5sum: 89eca2e7997aeb77e532c4935c7c44e8
SHA256: f3288d4b9b7f32faab276880c7935997cb2a2c49ded4da63199c3b0983e42567