How To Install ifenslave on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifenslave on Debian 11.
What is ifenslave
ifenslave is:
This is a tool to attach and detach slave network interfaces to a bonding device. A bonding device will act like a normal Ethernet network device to the kernel, but will send out the packets via the slave devices using a simple round-robin scheduler. This allows for simple load-balancing, identical to “channel bonding” or “trunking” techniques used in switches.
The kernel must have support for bonding devices for ifenslave to be useful. This package supports 2.6.x kernels and the recent 3.x.x kernels.
There are three methods to install ifenslave 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 ifenslave Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ifenslave using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ifenslave
Install ifenslave Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ifenslave using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ifenslave
Install ifenslave 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 ifenslave using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ifenslave
How To Uninstall ifenslave on Debian 11
To uninstall only the ifenslave package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ifenslave
Uninstall ifenslave And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ifenslave and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ifenslave
Remove ifenslave Configurations and Data
To remove ifenslave configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ifenslave
Remove ifenslave configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ifenslave configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ifenslave
Dependencies
ifenslave have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifenslave package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.