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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "frr" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install frr on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall frr 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 frr package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: frr
Version: 8.4.4-1.1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 20240
Maintainer: David Lamparter
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: zebra, zebra-pj
Depends: iproute2, logrotate (>= 3.2-11), lsof, libc-ares2 (>= 1.7.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libreadline8 (>= 7.0~rc1), libyang2 (>= 2.0.0~)
Pre-Depends: adduser
Recommends: frr-pythontools
Suggests: frr-doc
Conflicts: pimd, quagga, quagga-bgpd, quagga-core, quagga-isisd, quagga-ospf6d, quagga-ospfd, quagga-pimd, quagga-ripd, quagga-ripngd, zebra, zebra-pj
Description: FRRouting suite of internet protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, ...)
Description-md5: 3cd236070526def99d5e2ff7b518d0cd
Homepage: https://www.frrouting.org/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/frr/frr_8.4.4-1.1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 3852120
MD5sum: 43e0743d93e655fc1c086b47fefe1396
SHA256: f430fd3617642ee8e82750b7e0493889bd4763008c7bdbde1bd1268e727b58ae