How to Install and Uninstall bridge-utils Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 16,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bridge-utils" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install bridge-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "bridge-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall bridge-utils 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 bridge-utils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bridge-utils
Version: 1.7.1-1
Installed-Size: 114
Maintainer: Santiago García Mantiñán
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: ifupdown
Conflicts: ifupdown (<< 0.8.17)
Description: Utilities for configuring the Linux Ethernet bridge
Description-md5: bc06a038a6315377cf0871ca4de79aac
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: interface::commandline, network::configuration, network::routing,
protocol::ethernet, role::program, scope::utility, use::routing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bridge-utils/bridge-utils_1.7.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 34452
MD5sum: 4b9b1821b01213fa38cf528770998c34
SHA256: 2786ee9993012978b09803615c0055e910a91bafd25e23e30716b8c8cad6e339