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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "ifupdown" package

Please follow the instructions below to install ifupdown on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ifupdown on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: ifupdown
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.35ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guus Sliepen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 239
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), lsb-base, adduser, iproute2
Recommends: isc-dhcp-client | dhcp-client
Suggests: ppp, rdnssd
Breaks: systemd (<< 228-3~)
Replaces: systemd (<< 228-3~)
Filename: pool/universe/i/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.8.35ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 60904
MD5sum: 4fd7d1ba21f304fb6f0891000e26a75d
SHA1: db7b3ba669b1f57423b51b7c971a301924058872
SHA256: b591d4fe871b61c117dda4b64ca0e3b6dd41a1be971c0927ad5c8519ea68dd79
SHA512: d2beceac20c39ae9f64e963b73eb8999d88e41828f61b8091396722c78186078a9adfa6e037509b75484b7de76bedaef24e8e799470b1c3e4c1b97371005a77c
Description-en: 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: 442edbd184a6e1febc9b203604eb38f4
Task: ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop