How to Install and Uninstall iproute2 Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "iproute2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install iproute2 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: iproute2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1.0-1ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3016
Provides: arpd
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libbpf1 (>= 1:0.6.0), libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdb5.3, libelf1 (>= 0.131), libmnl0 (>= 1.0.3-4~), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libxtables12 (>= 1.6.0+snapshot20161117), libcap2-bin
Recommends: libatm1 (>= 2.4.1-17~)
Suggests: iproute2-doc, python3:any
Conflicts: arpd, iproute (<< 20130000-1)
Replaces: iproute
Filename: pool/main/i/iproute2/iproute2_6.1.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1115774
MD5sum: 95e3f21ddf4d4e94a519db3eb8b46b8d
SHA1: 4ac56f63fc87804f6351b2c88f38ce771f5e4be2
SHA256: cc13ef49dfa441fcd8527465a4429458880912917f91e1d5a58cc79e596ed2df
SHA512: 09578ed0f46e2f669126a3e5b38bb8945a4562ddddfed4c193d9fc303a8145c56c2a73a54cc5210e9d648d94f992605604580039b32bf7cbb2ee6c56058ebc0e
Homepage: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2
Description: networking and traffic control tools
Description-md5: d10cc46ca4a9e5489b7d2c879fcfba17
Task: minimal, server-minimal, cloud-minimal