How to Install and Uninstall net-tools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "net-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install net-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                net-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "net-tools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall net-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                net-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the net-tools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: net-tools
Version: 2.10-0.1
Installed-Size: 978
Maintainer: net-tools Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Description: NET-3 networking toolkit
Description-md5: 08f345ee19e62d4fd85e960d3a061a33
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::configuration, network::routing, network::vpn, protocol::ipv6,
role::program, scope::utility, use::routing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/net-tools/net-tools_2.10-0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 243060
MD5sum: de74db57654a7c87683be18e9f1acb16
SHA256: bc2465112583c186e89c7d79fd035e1469968edad865e2e8f487f5f20c5d6fe9