How To Install bird2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bird2 on Debian 11.
What is bird2
bird2 is:
BIRD is an Internet routing daemon with full support for all the major routing protocols. It allows redistribution between protocols with a powerful route filtering syntax and an easy-to-use configuration interface.
BIRD supports IPv4 and IPv6 versions of OSPF, RIP, BGP and Babel routing protocols. It also supports supplementary protocols like BFD, RPKI-Router and IPv6 router advertisements.
There are three methods to install bird2 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bird2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bird2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bird2
Install bird2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bird2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bird2
Install bird2 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bird2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bird2
How To Uninstall bird2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the bird2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bird2
Uninstall bird2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bird2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bird2
Remove bird2 Configurations and Data
To remove bird2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bird2
Remove bird2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bird2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bird2
Dependencies
bird2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bird2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.