How to Install ifupdown-extra software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install ifupdown-extra software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

ifupdown-extra software package provides Network scripts for ifupdown, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ifupdown-extra 

ifupdown-extra is installed in your system.

Make ensure the ifupdown-extra package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ifupdown-extra *

You will get with ifupdown-extra package name, version, architecture and description in a table

ifupdown-extra package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Administration Utilities
Package ifupdown-extra
Version 0.26
Description Network scripts for ifupdown
Sub Section admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove ifupdown-extra software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?