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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "ifupdown" package

Please follow the instructions below to install ifupdown on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall ifupdown on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ifupdown
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.10ubuntu1.4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guus Sliepen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 198
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), adduser, iproute2
Recommends: isc-dhcp-client | dhcp-client
Suggests: ppp, rdnssd
Breaks: systemd (<< 228-3~)
Replaces: systemd (<< 228-3~)
Filename: pool/main/i/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.8.10ubuntu1.4_amd64.deb
Size: 54852
MD5sum: 6d9fdda5ed738c18bcf44faeddf502b8
SHA1: f59b3551fe2d97a8a4aaa410fab7bf45a898e57d
SHA256: f0ee5992c04a01c70a88973bbfae6d4992901c241cdff4f6801cbb1c59de9a41
SHA512: f1e6cd8d052a6f870e07a17c5964a3342d969eee17b9f1dac794c958b2d00669a7b8ca883474f60468e27058c09cf18b910f0c14e28ad189ea715d9fbb2cd523
Description-en: high level tools to configure network interfaces
This package provides the tools ifup and ifdown which may be used to
configure (or, respectively, deconfigure) network interfaces based on
interface definitions in the file /etc/network/interfaces.
Description-md5: 442edbd184a6e1febc9b203604eb38f4
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-sdk-libs-tools, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: ifupdown
Priority: important
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 197
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guus Sliepen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.10ubuntu1
Replaces: systemd (<< 228-3~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), adduser, iproute2
Recommends: isc-dhcp-client | dhcp-client
Suggests: ppp, rdnssd
Breaks: systemd (<< 228-3~)
Filename: pool/main/i/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.8.10ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 54946
MD5sum: ec3433956d5f21f7193544759df12723
SHA1: 3248d56af2dd435d7fe7d1c00a439ace2aa61a7b
SHA256: 2fef1c6b9820dea7bf646fe818e32f9f3d7d629238e9c4d9485f3cbe53d3208a
Description-en: high level tools to configure network interfaces
This package provides the tools ifup and ifdown which may be used to
configure (or, respectively, deconfigure) network interfaces based on
interface definitions in the file /etc/network/interfaces.
Description-md5: 442edbd184a6e1febc9b203604eb38f4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-core, ubuntu-sdk-libs-tools, ubuntu-sdk