How to Install and Uninstall iproute2 Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "iproute2" package

Please follow the steps below to install iproute2 on Kali Linux


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall iproute2 on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: iproute2
Version: 6.7.0-2
Installed-Size: 3606
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Architecture: amd64
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
Suggests: iproute2-doc, python3:any
Conflicts: arpd
Size: 1055860
SHA256: 4e826e2e3d1aadf52a9d36dff43ed9e67f41ad2859cd4d42b86b66767a1ceb48
SHA1: c1b89ca7e1ab3b39c4e43de117e7af933f5d0ae6
MD5sum: 28551e87e86e3765c8dc5fb0cfb3ff0a
Description: networking and traffic control tools
The iproute2 suite is a collection of utilities for networking and
traffic control.
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These tools communicate with the Linux kernel via the (rt)netlink
interface, providing advanced features not available through the
legacy net-tools commands 'ifconfig' and 'route'.
Description-md5:
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_6.7.0-2_amd64.deb