How to Install and Uninstall iproute2 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "iproute2" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install iproute2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Learn how to uninstall iproute2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: iproute2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.10.0-4ubuntu1
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: 2935
Provides: arpd
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libbpf0 (>= 1:0.2), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.33), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdb5.3, libelf1 (>= 0.131), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), 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_5.10.0-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 917380
MD5sum: 951ab123ec7a8757b4919b0269457809
SHA1: 685da2d2bacec6d12f26183b7e88eb39f6734062
SHA256: 848ce36aef2df4a059ef9c1707afb2ac887311871b78c6390ab62cbb8316fe8f
SHA512: e43cf6b6b5c44881ef88f4cf2aa167c2ab6151aa3cd9be9b45689b26bbe4c06849b4bbddd20f6b6fc89289e579db44376bd7fe94377ca4b1b50ea8af7b90a1c2
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, server-minimal