How to Install and Uninstall ifupdown Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "ifupdown" package

This tutorial shows how to install ifupdown on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall ifupdown on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ifupdown
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ifupdown package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: ifupdown
Version: 0.8.36
Installed-Size: 217
Maintainer: Josué Ortega
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: systemd (<< 228-3~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), lsb-base, 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_0.8.36_amd64.deb
Size: 81964
MD5sum: 7019c7902a2f3faa182814899b57532e
SHA256: 301c937c664f76c9c61813a45ca02a7b1b31f27a7876715ea4e0136c382bfc98