How to Install and Uninstall python-netifaces Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "python-netifaces" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install python-netifaces 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 "python-netifaces" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall python-netifaces 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 python-netifaces package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python-netifaces
Priority: optional
Section: python
Installed-Size: 51
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: netifaces
Version: 0.10.4-0.1build2
Provides: python2.7-netifaces
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8)
Filename: pool/main/n/netifaces/python-netifaces_0.10.4-0.1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 16676
MD5sum: f2238f64c5aa60c35f7a4f29d5a9c03e
SHA1: 184df11f965e37c1d9fd4c813ba7903d359453e8
SHA256: 4ca9cf3ec271908da548ec28d935a0c42f7b70fd5bc5daad41a957e2941b9e62
Description-en: portable network interface information - Python 2.x
netifaces provides a (hopefully portable-ish) way for Python programmers to
get access to a list of the network interfaces on the local machine, and to
obtain the addresses of those network interfaces.
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This package contains the module for Python 2.x.
Description-md5: 0757dee54689d7106f605b3631ac29c7
Homepage: http://alastairs-place.net/projects/netifaces/
Python-Version: 2.7
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop