How to Install and Uninstall net-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "net-tools" package

Please follow the guidance below to install net-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                net-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "net-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall net-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: net-tools
Priority: important
Section: net
Installed-Size: 708
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: net-tools Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.60-26ubuntu1
Replaces: ja-trans (<= 0.8-2), netbase (<< 4.00)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Conflicts: ja-trans (<= 0.8-2)
Filename: pool/main/n/net-tools/net-tools_1.60-26ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 174894
MD5sum: 7ea77c05d49b213fc1574eb4f256eb31
SHA1: b031cadd3ebc0bfc3366951efc0ded0002f7edc9
SHA256: 3c8a3e0095e0f8e3b6ab7f78b8f7ec210519d8e30c21409841676a18d6a0f1bd
Description-en: NET-3 networking toolkit
This package includes the important tools for controlling the network
subsystem of the Linux kernel. This includes arp, ifconfig, netstat,
rarp, nameif and route. Additionally, this package contains utilities
relating to particular network hardware types (plipconfig, slattach,
mii-tool) and advanced aspects of IP configuration (iptunnel, ipmaddr).
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In the upstream package 'hostname' and friends are included. Those are
not installed by this package, since there is a special "hostname*.deb".
Description-md5: 08f345ee19e62d4fd85e960d3a061a33
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://net-tools.berlios.de/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal