How to Install and Uninstall iproute2 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "iproute2" package

This is a short guide on how to install iproute2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall iproute2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: iproute2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.7.0-1ubuntu1
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: 2794
Provides: arpd
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.29), 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_5.7.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 876884
MD5sum: 830e4f1a45f6f69b0610451a53513572
SHA1: 67c448ca347e8bed8bdc8668ce2429227fd2f469
SHA256: 652a4f4ccc5720cf5fb9b1963214137901f43ec2302abe078347571a6223f935
SHA512: 2e57f2996b3912e35af94c1e8d845a822a1b39226825e96ac50993f319680a300d4018a162cada0542e8427c135b7611c09de73974cf9474f1a5ca29bf98e0c6
Homepage: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2
Description-en: 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: d10cc46ca4a9e5489b7d2c879fcfba17
Task: minimal