How To Install ifupdown on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifupdown on Ubuntu.
What is ifupdown
ifupdown is:
This package provides the tools ifup and ifdown which may be used to configure (or, respectively, deconfigure) network interfaces based on interface definitions in the file /etc/network/interfaces.
There are three methods to install ifupdown on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ifupdown Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ifupdown using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ifupdown
Install ifupdown Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ifupdown using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ifupdown
Install ifupdown Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ifupdown using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ifupdown
How To Uninstall ifupdown on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ifupdown package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ifupdown
Uninstall ifupdown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ifupdown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ifupdown
Remove ifupdown Configurations and Data
To remove ifupdown configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ifupdown
Remove ifupdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ifupdown configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ifupdown
Dependencies
ifupdown have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifupdown package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.