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

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "bird" package

Please follow the guidance below to install bird on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall bird on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: bird
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1065
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ondřej Surý
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.0-4build1
Replaces: bird-bgp (<< 1.5.0-2~)
Provides: bird-bgp
Depends: adduser, ucf, libc6 (>= 2.17), libreadline6 (>= 6.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Suggests: bird-doc
Conflicts: routed, zebra
Breaks: bird-bgp (<< 1.5.0-2~)
Filename: pool/universe/b/bird/bird_1.5.0-4build1_amd64.deb
Size: 315506
MD5sum: 7e3075dcbd3d837ddeb2c1fb07ad4d71
SHA1: 2468c0c2cf9fabb8ad8e502392fd342ad09ecd79
SHA256: 4ed841721edb5c3c3fb13ec0ddcb5323de0f0b59469b0b856f329237f97a517f
Description-en: Internet Routing Daemon
BIRD is an Internet routing daemon with full support for all the major
routing protocols. It allows redistribution between protocols with a
powerful route filtering syntax and an easy-to-use configuration
interface.
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This package supports IPv4 and IPv6 versions of OSPF, RIP and BGP.
Description-md5: abde59d9329fee5542ca525a035ae764
Homepage: http://bird.network.cz/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu