How to Install and Uninstall ethtool Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "ethtool" package

This guide let you learn how to install ethtool on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall ethtool on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: ethtool
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.8-1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 592
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~)
Filename: pool/main/e/ethtool/ethtool_5.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 174936
MD5sum: 7625e75b0b13a7aa209b39a8a1d2785c
SHA1: 9ee74ea9f24ae578409625d6e18ab9ce04dc7ced
SHA256: b6aeb39b84c4030d44dc5525d459ad1309d35ef9bc58d13df30f623f42a52e39
SHA512: 670f0e4c6fd15ffe54651f98f6a2aa773097831a332d60219c3ea2f8a63c881e51f95d4b3d08deea12346802b23e702e75e530df26ce42e97b6d4ea24eda066c
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/
Description-en: display or change Ethernet device settings
ethtool can be used to query and change settings such as speed, auto-
negotiation and checksum offload on many network devices, especially
Ethernet devices.
Description-md5: 23bc6b45146ecc72a42d24b5993d6004
Task: server, cloud-image, server-raspi, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop