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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "ifupdown-extra" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install ifupdown-extra on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: ifupdown-extra
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña
Architecture: all
Version: 0.26
Depends: iproute2, iputils-ping | ping, netcat, iputils-arping | arping, net-tools, host, curl
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Recommends: ethtool, ndisc6
Conflicts: debian-goodies (<< 0.39)
Filename: pool/universe/i/ifupdown-extra/ifupdown-extra_0.26_all.deb
Size: 22054
MD5sum: 448fba2b52ab2c1be09ee6a02a8f8b24
SHA1: c13ef5668fb6ebcc2f83852224edab079b76d1c2
SHA256: b9a96171254067e1922ba0f66eff4f89c31c150f379eebbb8f345236b2173848
Description-en: Network scripts for ifupdown
This package provides a set of network testing scripts to be used together
with the ifupdown package. These scripts can:
- check the network cable before an interface is configured.
- test if an assigned IPv4 or IPv6 address is already in use in the network.
- test if default network gateways are reachable.
- setup default static routes for interfaces.
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Additionally network static routes can also be defined globally for the
system when this is needed (e.g. for 'reject' rules) and will be
added after network initialisation.
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This package also provides 'network-test', a script to test the network
configuration status by checking:
- Status of available interface.
- Availability of configured gateway routes.
- If host resolution is working properly (DNS checks).
- If network connectivity is working, including ICMP and web connections to
remote web servers.
Description-md5: c953dc7fe8401eca495e66e61ccf450f
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu