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

1. Install "xorp" package

This is a short guide on how to install xorp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: xorp
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 21497
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jose M Calhariz
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.5-4.1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), adduser (>= 3.11)
Recommends: iputils-ping, traceroute, iputils-tracepath
Filename: pool/universe/x/xorp/xorp_1.8.5-4.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 4368236
MD5sum: 2ce2dbed8e5e97432674d9ffc7bf0107
SHA1: 472493ad4d67fefe4bb94f676f0df735ff5d97c0
SHA256: 58e46257b177033826e3e171548d54b7bd0650c9d634e53fa0608583fd12f5b7
Description-en: eXtensible Open Router Platform
XORP is the eXtensible Open Router Platform. It implements a number of
routing protocols for IPv4 and IPv6 and a unified means to configure them. It
is stable and fully featured enough for production use, and flexible and
extensible enough to enable network research.
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The following network protocols are currently
supported: BGP, OSPF, RIP/RIPng, IGMP/MLD and PIM-SM.
Description-md5: 3467c5e18e9e6bfd8a51b9e0fc6d2722
Homepage: http://www.xorp.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu