[SOLVED] when clicking on package versions I see ifupdown2 not installed correctly ?

Spirog

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hello, when clicking on package versions I see ifupdown2 not installed correctly ?
should this be installed instead of ifupdown or is ifupdown the better version ?

Code:
proxmox-ve: 7.2-1 (running kernel: 5.15.35-3-pve)
pve-manager: 7.2-5 (running version: 7.2-5/12f1e639)
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.2-5
pve-kernel-helper: 7.2-5
pve-kernel-5.13: 7.1-9
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.4-11
pve-kernel-5.15.35-3-pve: 5.15.35-6
pve-kernel-5.15.35-2-pve: 5.15.35-5
pve-kernel-5.13.19-6-pve: 5.13.19-15
pve-kernel-5.13.19-2-pve: 5.13.19-4
pve-kernel-5.4.157-1-pve: 5.4.157-1
pve-kernel-5.4.73-1-pve: 5.4.73-1
ceph-fuse: 16.2.9-pve1
corosync: 3.1.5-pve2
criu: 3.15-1+pve-1
glusterfs-client: 9.2-1
ifupdown: 0.8.36+pve1
ifupdown2: not correctly installed
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
libknet1: 1.24-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.2
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.3.1-1
libpve-access-control: 7.2-2
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.2-1
libpve-common-perl: 7.2-2
libpve-guest-common-perl: 4.1-2
libpve-http-server-perl: 4.1-2
libpve-storage-perl: 7.2-5
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.3-2.1
lvm2: 2.03.11-2.1
lxc-pve: 4.0.12-1
lxcfs: 4.0.12-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.3.0-3
proxmox-backup-client: 2.2.3-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 2.2.3-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.5.1
pve-cluster: 7.2-1
pve-container: 4.2-1
pve-docs: 7.2-2
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20210831-2
pve-firewall: 4.2-5
pve-firmware: 3.4-2
pve-ha-manager: 3.3-4
pve-i18n: 2.7-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 6.2.0-10
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-1
qemu-server: 7.2-3
smartmontools: 7.2-pve3
spiceterm: 3.2-2
swtpm: 0.7.1~bpo11+1
vncterm: 1.7-1
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.4-pve1

thanks in advance for your help
 
Hi,
ifupdown2 is recommended, because you can apply changes to the network configuration without rebooting. Please try apt --fix-broken install or apt install ifupdown2. The ifupdown package should be automatically removed by apt, because ifupdown2 conflicts with it.
 
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Hi,
ifupdown2 is recommended, because you can apply changes to the network configuration without rebooting. Please try apt --fix-broken install or apt install ifupdown2. The ifupdown package should be automatically removed by apt, because ifupdown2 conflicts with it.
hello @Fabian_E
Thanks for your replies in advance

When I Install ifupdown2 then the ifupdown shows not correctly installed ?

Code:
proxmox-ve: 7.2-1 (running kernel: 5.15.35-2-pve)
pve-manager: 7.2-5 (running version: 7.2-5/12f1e639)
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.2-5
pve-kernel-helper: 7.2-5
pve-kernel-5.13: 7.1-9
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.4-11
pve-kernel-5.15.35-3-pve: 5.15.35-6
pve-kernel-5.15.35-2-pve: 5.15.35-5
pve-kernel-5.13.19-6-pve: 5.13.19-15
pve-kernel-5.13.19-2-pve: 5.13.19-4
pve-kernel-5.4.157-1-pve: 5.4.157-1
pve-kernel-5.4.73-1-pve: 5.4.73-1
ceph-fuse: 16.2.9-pve1
corosync: 3.1.5-pve2
criu: 3.15-1+pve-1
glusterfs-client: 9.2-1
ifupdown: not correctly installed
ifupdown2: 3.1.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
libknet1: 1.24-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.2
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.3.1-1
libpve-access-control: 7.2-2
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.2-1
libpve-common-perl: 7.2-2
libpve-guest-common-perl: 4.1-2
libpve-http-server-perl: 4.1-2
libpve-storage-perl: 7.2-5
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.3-2.1
lvm2: 2.03.11-2.1
lxc-pve: 4.0.12-1
lxcfs: 4.0.12-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.3.0-3
proxmox-backup-client: 2.2.3-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 2.2.3-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.5.1
pve-cluster: 7.2-1
pve-container: 4.2-1
pve-docs: 7.2-2
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20210831-2
pve-firewall: 4.2-5
pve-firmware: 3.4-2
pve-ha-manager: 3.3-4
pve-i18n: 2.7-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 6.2.0-10
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-1
qemu-server: 7.2-3
smartmontools: 7.2-pve3
spiceterm: 3.2-2
swtpm: 0.7.1~bpo11+1
vncterm: 1.7-1
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.4-pve1

so I also ran apt --fix-broken install
Code:
root@proxmox:~# apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@proxmox:~#


should I purge the ifupdown or leave it as is even though it's stating not installed correctly ?
 
What does dpkg-query --list ifupdown show?
@Fabian_E
root@proxmox:~# dpkg-query --list ifupdown Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================================ rc ifupdown 0.8.36+pve1 amd64 high level tools to configure network interfaces root@proxmox:~#
 
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The rc means that there is still configuration for the package left over. Please check with dpkg-query --listfiles ifupdown what is still there. You just need to check for files, not directories. If you never modified those files, you likely won't need them. Afterwards you can run apt purge ifupdown.
 
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The rc means that there is still configuration for the package left over. Please check with dpkg-query --listfiles ifupdown what is still there. You just need to check for files, not directories. If you never modified those files, you likely won't need them. Afterwards you can run apt purge ifupdown.
@Fabian_E so I would check these directories for files ? I never modified any type of files so hopefully safe to purge. :)


Code:
root@proxmox:~# dpkg-query --listfiles ifupdown
/etc
/etc/default
/etc/init.d
/etc/init.d/networking
/usr
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/systemd
/usr/lib/systemd/system
root@proxmox:~#

Thanks for your help
Regards,
Spiro
 
The rc means that there is still configuration for the package left over. Please check with dpkg-query --listfiles ifupdown what is still there. You just need to check for files, not directories. If you never modified those files, you likely won't need them. Afterwards you can run apt purge ifupdown.
@Fabian_E

I just ran Purge
dpkg: warning: while removing ifupdown, directory '/usr/lib/systemd/system' not empty so not removed


Code:
root@proxmox:~# apt purge ifupdown
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ifupdown*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 93914 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for ifupdown (0.8.36+pve1) ...
dpkg: warning: while removing ifupdown, directory '/usr/lib/systemd/system' not empty so not removed
root@proxmox:~#
 
@Fabian_E

I just ran Purge
dpkg: warning: while removing ifupdown, directory '/usr/lib/systemd/system' not empty so not removed
Yes, the directories don't won't be removed, if not empty, so if not belonging only to that package ;)
 
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Yes, the directories don't won't be removed, if not empty, so if not belonging only to that package ;)
@Fabian_E

I did a ls under that directory and found 2 files one was ifupdown2
and the other was below
ifup@.service
not sure if that belongs to ifupdown2 or ifupdown ?
should I leave it or remove it ?
Thanks alot for your help again!!
Totally appreciate you and the Whole team on Proxmox :)
Code:
root@proxmox:/usr/lib/systemd/system# cat ifup@.service
[Unit]
Description=ifup for %I
After=local-fs.target network-pre.target networking.service systemd-sysctl.service
Before=network.target shutdown.target network-online.target
Conflicts=shutdown.target
BindsTo=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device
After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device
DefaultDependencies=no
IgnoreOnIsolate=yes

[Service]
# avoid stopping on shutdown via stopping system-ifup.slice
Slice=system.slice
ExecStart=/sbin/ifup --allow=hotplug %I
ExecStop=/sbin/ifdown %I
RemainAfterExit=true
TimeoutStartSec=2min
root@proxmox:/usr/lib/systemd/system#
 
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@Fabian_E

I did a ls under that directory and found 2 files one was ifupdown2
and the other was below
ifup@.service
not sure if that belongs to ifupdown2 or ifupdown ?
should I leave it or remove it ?
No, please don't remove any files there manually if you're not sure. Since you used apt purge ifupdown, all files belonging to the ifupdown package are already gone. What I meant by "check for files, not directories" is in this list
Code:
root@proxmox:~# dpkg-query --listfiles ifupdown
/etc
/etc/default
/etc/init.d
/etc/init.d/networking
/usr
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/systemd
/usr/lib/systemd/system
root@proxmox:~#
the only file is /etc/init.d/networking and you should've checked if you modified that. But in this specific case it's arguably not even a proper configuration file and I'd be surprised if you ever made any changes (worth preserving) to it ;)
 
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After your instructions and purge it all looks good now :)

Code:
proxmox-ve: 7.2-1 (running kernel: 5.15.35-2-pve)
pve-manager: 7.2-5 (running version: 7.2-5/12f1e639)
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.2-5
pve-kernel-helper: 7.2-5
pve-kernel-5.13: 7.1-9
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.4-11
pve-kernel-5.15.35-3-pve: 5.15.35-6
pve-kernel-5.15.35-2-pve: 5.15.35-5
pve-kernel-5.13.19-6-pve: 5.13.19-15
pve-kernel-5.13.19-2-pve: 5.13.19-4
pve-kernel-5.4.157-1-pve: 5.4.157-1
pve-kernel-5.4.73-1-pve: 5.4.73-1
ceph-fuse: 16.2.9-pve1
corosync: 3.1.5-pve2
criu: 3.15-1+pve-1
glusterfs-client: 9.2-1
ifupdown2: 3.1.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
libknet1: 1.24-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.2
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.3.1-1
libpve-access-control: 7.2-2
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.2-1
libpve-common-perl: 7.2-2
libpve-guest-common-perl: 4.1-2
libpve-http-server-perl: 4.1-2
libpve-storage-perl: 7.2-5
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.3-2.1
lvm2: 2.03.11-2.1
lxc-pve: 4.0.12-1
lxcfs: 4.0.12-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.3.0-3
proxmox-backup-client: 2.2.3-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 2.2.3-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.5.1
pve-cluster: 7.2-1
pve-container: 4.2-1
pve-docs: 7.2-2
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20210831-2
pve-firewall: 4.2-5
pve-firmware: 3.4-2
pve-ha-manager: 3.3-4
pve-i18n: 2.7-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 6.2.0-10
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-1
qemu-server: 7.2-3
smartmontools: 7.2-pve3
spiceterm: 3.2-2
swtpm: 0.7.1~bpo11+1
vncterm: 1.7-1
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.4-pve1
 

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