How to Install and Uninstall ifupdown Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "ifupdown" package

Please follow the instructions below to install ifupdown on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall ifupdown on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

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~)
Size: 62104
SHA256: 304383c78f31e3fe419d30f3ddc710c120c412d654bafe2754258da6a7f7c059
SHA1: 2739f8bfde51d33c2f22645fd1e9fd4f80de388a
MD5sum: 12adb9118927a491de65a120ff82b97e
Description: high level tools to configure network interfaces
This package provides the tools ifup and ifdown which may be used to
configure (or, respectively, deconfigure) network interfaces based on
interface definitions in the file /etc/network/interfaces.
Description-md5:
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