How to Install and Uninstall bridge-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "bridge-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install bridge-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bridge-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bridge-utils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall bridge-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bridge-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bridge-utils package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: bridge-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6-5ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Garcia Mantinan
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 116
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Suggests: ifupdown
Conflicts: ifupdown (<< 0.8.17)
Filename: pool/main/b/bridge-utils/bridge-utils_1.6-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 32588
MD5sum: 9a355c8884354b1c220e1b4c69b65c2d
SHA1: e3061c3c6cbe3be4dd0e7e3afc7f933d94da9833
SHA256: 013911e88cbcc977518f9fe7dffeea5d45fb2973dcb1700e4a697545e7699047
SHA512: d3f67aaa6f3b8e53969fd46c77082a2ef79c17f904b5048a5d6f041afe6fd6925f75a4ef458108f143f48ba38967e490cdf6ec67c55a08ceb8fad32ee9b52a8e
Description-en: Utilities for configuring the Linux Ethernet bridge
This package contains utilities for configuring the Linux Ethernet
bridge in Linux. The Linux Ethernet bridge can be used for connecting
multiple Ethernet devices together. The connecting is fully
transparent: hosts connected to one Ethernet device see hosts
connected to the other Ethernet devices directly.
Description-md5: bc06a038a6315377cf0871ca4de79aac