Complete Guide: Installing ifupdown2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "ifupdown2" package

This tutorial shows how to install ifupdown2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ifupdown2" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall ifupdown2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ifupdown2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ifupdown2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 595
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roopa Prabhu
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0~git20151029-1
Replaces: ifupdown
Provides: ifupdown
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), python-argcomplete, python-ipaddr
Suggests: python-gvgen, python-mako
Conflicts: ifupdown
Filename: pool/universe/i/ifupdown2/ifupdown2_1.0~git20151029-1_all.deb
Size: 96982
MD5sum: c76423f2d8496711351b9ba0f99c18c0
SHA1: 9b73feb2653bbd6f92b73fd395694c44753042e7
SHA256: 76150fa22fb35b8c86997a4685f99301ba30d1e07e24dc97dc51e24cf5561abe
Description-en: Network Interface Management tool similar to ifupdown
ifupdown2 is ifupdown re-written in Python. It replaces ifupdown and provides
the same user interface as ifupdown for network interface configuration.
Like ifupdown, ifupdown2 is a high level tool to configure (or, respectively
deconfigure) network interfaces based on interface definitions in
/etc/network/interfaces. It is capable of detecting network interface
dependencies and comes with several new features which are available as
new command options to ifup/ifdown/ifquery commands. It also comes with a new
command ifreload to reload interface configuration with minimum
disruption. Most commands are also capable of input and output in JSON format.
It is backward compatible with ifupdown /etc/network/interfaces format and
supports newer simplified format. It also supports interface templates with
python-mako for large scale interface deployments. See
/usr/share/doc/ifupdown2/README.rst for details about ifupdown2. Examples
are available under /usr/share/doc/ifupdown2/examples.
Description-md5: 6f20a34e7ef6a627b952fd2b58fcc888
Homepage: https://github.com/CumulusNetworks/ifupdown2
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu