How to Install and Uninstall ethtool Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "ethtool" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ethtool on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: ethtool
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.9-1build1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 584
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~)
Filename: pool/main/e/ethtool/ethtool_5.9-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 194568
MD5sum: ad501aa8dd48182316b4ecfbac87f88d
SHA1: 1bf6cf4492ae4d0c21ce46bc4eb20cbfb26358f3
SHA256: 19daa34970e1643329a43c056c3e7adb87321c4999574c4025400061d07291bb
SHA512: 0b7ee9ff02c143d50bb3f104d66c8641f624ec325092da9b9e25b96cca26b5098543cd357dcc27360d68a408dc64145d6b50b77561fe8636aa170e5fbeffb194
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: cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop