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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ifupdown" package

This is a short guide on how to install ifupdown on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ifupdown 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 ifupdown package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ifupdown
Version: 0.8.41
Installed-Size: 199
Maintainer: Josué Ortega
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: systemd (<< 228-3~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), adduser, iproute2
Recommends: isc-dhcp-client | dhcp-client
Suggests: ppp, rdnssd
Breaks: systemd (<< 228-3~)
Description: high level tools to configure network interfaces
Description-md5: 442edbd184a6e1febc9b203604eb38f4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: devel::lang:perl, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, network::configuration,
protocol::ipv6, role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility,
use::configuring
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/i/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.8.41_amd64.deb
Size: 62104
MD5sum: 12adb9118927a491de65a120ff82b97e
SHA256: 304383c78f31e3fe419d30f3ddc710c120c412d654bafe2754258da6a7f7c059