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

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "ifmetric" package

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


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall ifmetric on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ifmetric
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 69
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Shuler
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.3-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/i/ifmetric/ifmetric_0.3-3_amd64.deb
Size: 11078
MD5sum: 4aa166c8db4268113f72d149be70244f
SHA1: bc11c6df356e00a96d6ca7d7e5555dd7cdb800fd
SHA256: b59f0bf723e945943880a42338e625d5511e5eba44d8209b58dfc1cd976b56e9
Description-en: Set routing metrics for a network interface
ifmetric is a Linux tool for setting the metrics of all IPv4 routes
attached to a given network interface at once. This may be used to
change the priority of routing IPv4 traffic over the interface.
Lower metrics correlate with higher priorities.
Description-md5: 731fc98cef2d3fc86f413b40b0f69006
Homepage: http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifmetric/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu