No 'Ifconfig'

Carlwill · 2011-07-06 16:57:09

I sat at an existing Arch Linux workstation today and tried to check the I.P. however the 'ifconfig' command returned:

-bash: ifconfig: command not found

I don't know if Arch Linux changed the way it does things or if this machine is missing a package. I do know it has an I.P. address and can get out to the Internet. This machine has no G.U.I. however. Can anyone tell me what I could be missing and or how to resolve this?

karol · 2011-07-06 17:02:18

Do you have net-tools installed?

Stebalien · 2011-07-06 17:31:59

net-tools was deprecated in favour of iprout2 (ip). News: http://www.archlinux.org/news/deprecation-of-net-tools/.

Last edited by Stebalien (2011-07-06 17:32:46)

karol · 2011-07-06 17:35:58

Stebalien wrote:

net-tools was deprecated in favour of iprout2 (ip). News: http://www.archlinux.org/news/deprecation-of-net-tools/.

But there are still issues w/ e.g. hostname: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24701

Last edited by karol (2011-07-06 17:38:24)

Carlwill · 2011-07-06 17:38:02

Nope but I do now

karol · 2011-07-06 17:40:03

Carlwill wrote:

Nope but I do now

Let me introduce you to pkgfile ;P
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FA … is_X_in.3F

tomk · 2011-07-06 18:34:32

Or even better - let me introduce you to iproute2
http://whodat.be/tech/iproute2-linux-ne … heatsheet/

Just one of many docs out there, in addition to the excellent man page already on your system.

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#1 2011-07-06 16:57:09

No 'Ifconfig'

#2 2011-07-06 17:02:18

Re: No 'Ifconfig'

#3 2011-07-06 17:31:59

Re: No 'Ifconfig'

#4 2011-07-06 17:35:58

Re: No 'Ifconfig'

#5 2011-07-06 17:38:02

Re: No 'Ifconfig'

#6 2011-07-06 17:40:03

Re: No 'Ifconfig'

#7 2011-07-06 18:34:32

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