How to Install and Uninstall iproute2 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "iproute2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install iproute2 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iproute2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "iproute2" package

Learn how to uninstall iproute2 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iproute2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iproute2 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: iproute2
Version: 5.10.0-4
Installed-Size: 2867
Maintainer: Alexander Wirt
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: iproute
Provides: arpd
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libbpf0 (>= 1:0.2), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdb5.3, libelf1 (>= 0.131), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libxtables12 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117), libcap2-bin
Recommends: libatm1 (>= 2.4.1-17~)
Suggests: iproute2-doc
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_5.10.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 930168
MD5sum: d5b1551516eab7d2f4248ca972ba251c
SHA256: bad652452612c81b8cfdca1411a036a768f5fa3461a04d6662f1ee0807ea3791