How to Install and Uninstall biosdevname Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "biosdevname" package

Please follow the steps below to install biosdevname on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall biosdevname on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                biosdevname
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the biosdevname package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: biosdevname
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 63
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rudy Gevaert
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.1-0ubuntu9
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpci3 (>= 1:3.3.1-1), udev
Filename: pool/universe/b/biosdevname/biosdevname_0.4.1-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb
Size: 20480
MD5sum: 360ce49928da956b8d967fb050ab710d
SHA1: 6f8323cf2cb75a479e23e9638ce1db9866e87578
SHA256: 73fe478c0344e3970da095ee02acf969663010e4cb7eb918b31a80a022b7a7b2
Description-en: apply BIOS-given names to network devices
biosdevname in its simplest form takes a kernel device name
as an argument, and returns the BIOS-given name it "should" be.
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This is necessary on systems where the BIOS name for a given device
(e.g. the label on the chassis is "Gb1") doesn't map directly and
obviously to the kernel name (e.g. eth0).
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This also works as a straight udev rule, which is provided.
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Home Page: http://linux.dell.com/biosdevname/
Description-md5: f2f6eadace6aa3dd6e4a2c232d2665ff
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu