How to Install and Uninstall ethtool Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "ethtool" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ethtool on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Learn how to uninstall ethtool on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ethtool
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ethtool package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: ethtool
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.4-1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 450
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/e/ethtool/ethtool_5.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 133644
MD5sum: cfe6faed9beb05e73dee3eaf9a624ff0
SHA1: 0d7ba71770a1f6034b14cbcfc7ed33ab8981eb3e
SHA256: 886ac450953213f5e557c26c35449c2781020615c545af050c13aa71a870ed55
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/
Description: display or change Ethernet device settings
Description-md5: 23bc6b45146ecc72a42d24b5993d6004
Task: server, cloud-image, ubuntukylin-desktop