How to Install and Uninstall iproute2 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "iproute2" package

This guide let you learn how to install iproute2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iproute2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "iproute2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall iproute2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                iproute2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iproute2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: iproute2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.18.0-1ubuntu2~ubuntu18.04.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alexander Wirt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2369
Provides: arpd
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdb5.3, libelf1 (>= 0.131), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.15), libxtables12 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117), libcap2-bin
Recommends: libatm1 (>= 2.4.1-17~)
Suggests: iproute2-doc
Conflicts: arpd, iproute (<< 20130000-1)
Replaces: iproute
Filename: pool/main/i/iproute2/iproute2_4.18.0-1ubuntu2~ubuntu18.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 767628
MD5sum: e5d896c0282fa070f1f552466afa9602
SHA1: f8f94bbd58b8a8be6101a53589ed916c45f10f19
SHA256: 3dba2b9a7eb4b5f8000cfdecad985725b05e7524c0fb959be01400fd5671e825
SHA512: c1a9e919b8a9e1889ef8729567c974832e7672a2639ee389748489cb1c24189832caeef79536c2fb152e8543f7d20f367af2b331fc81ac72e17895ab564c179c
Homepage: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2
Description: networking and traffic control tools
Description-md5: d10cc46ca4a9e5489b7d2c879fcfba17
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y

Package: iproute2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.15.0-2ubuntu1.3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alexander Wirt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2097
Provides: arpd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libdb5.3, libelf1 (>= 0.131), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.15)
Recommends: libatm1 (>= 2.4.1-17~), libxtables12 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117)
Suggests: iproute2-doc
Conflicts: arpd, iproute (<< 20130000-1)
Replaces: iproute
Filename: pool/main/i/iproute2/iproute2_4.15.0-2ubuntu1.3_amd64.deb
Size: 721448
MD5sum: b66f78ffdc72029afc7f1a4091f7ac02
SHA1: a08ad54a0859346ac32be936bc7f8292c0729df1
SHA256: 17f68215581a7c76bb41b1dd852148dcceec8285065545863e681d4b18d218b5
SHA512: 70344b8883e71130a68fc405dcc20ab528b55c68d8d069f631e8044af5ccc5319c82133b0a9718f1e64f0508e01e92e4e53ab6846e3a21e236b4f2cd2b069696
Homepage: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2
Description: networking and traffic control tools
Description-md5: d10cc46ca4a9e5489b7d2c879fcfba17
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y

Package: iproute2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.15.0-2ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alexander Wirt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2097
Provides: arpd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libdb5.3, libelf1 (>= 0.131), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.15)
Recommends: libatm1 (>= 2.4.1-17~), libxtables12 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117)
Suggests: iproute2-doc
Conflicts: arpd, iproute (<< 20130000-1)
Replaces: iproute
Filename: pool/main/i/iproute2/iproute2_4.15.0-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 722540
MD5sum: ff9d9599006cd0a9856527bf67f57674
SHA1: 6255fe4254636705beb7d4798e0395dc44d02b55
SHA256: b35b8476e70c763945138c8f5305e2f2c2cc8a283374935c15873342e47674fe
SHA512: a52e48f8d99f40dfb17e84c773a4bd5ac41f6c20907e5dc7e6420b3e8baeb2237e1fbe22dd948fa3729e44f25b83f031459d8cfb25a2c5e1d677d11d1d322cb5
Homepage: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2
Description: networking and traffic control tools
Description-md5: d10cc46ca4a9e5489b7d2c879fcfba17
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y

Package: iproute2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.15.0-2ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alexander Wirt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2088
Provides: arpd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libdb5.3, libelf1 (>= 0.131), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.15)
Recommends: libatm1 (>= 2.4.1-17~), libxtables12 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117)
Suggests: iproute2-doc
Conflicts: arpd, iproute (<< 20130000-1)
Replaces: iproute
Filename: pool/main/i/iproute2/iproute2_4.15.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 721408
MD5sum: 09fb9330d36e9717ec24520a21a0a0a0
SHA1: 2ea31f52fd9e2bc27a63ae0fe58db0393f0d1efe
SHA256: dffa3066d361d48f5c791609aa7026e98a7868f5c21cfd2c2139f0ad9c4b7908
Homepage: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2
Description: networking and traffic control tools
Description-md5: d10cc46ca4a9e5489b7d2c879fcfba17
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y