How to Install and Uninstall iproute2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 15,2024

You can also install and uninstall the iproute2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "iproute2" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install iproute2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "iproute2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall iproute2 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 iproute2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: iproute2
Version: 6.1.0-3
Installed-Size: 3516
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: iproute
Provides: arpd
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libbpf1 (>= 1:0.6.0), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdb5.3, libelf1 (>= 0.131), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libxtables12 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117), libcap2-bin
Recommends: libatm1 (>= 2.4.1-17~)
Suggests: iproute2-doc, python3:any
Conflicts: arpd, iproute (<< 20130000-1)
Description: networking and traffic control tools
Description-md5: d10cc46ca4a9e5489b7d2c879fcfba17
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::configuration, role::program, scope::utility, use::routing,
works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/i/iproute2/iproute2_6.1.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 1045828
MD5sum: 760019bc0e5c3728d2b97e98a8e0a025
SHA256: 1204b29e916e836267096d0b9d778106752f821ebde0d281539008b4386d9070