Celeb Glow
updates | March 25, 2026

Why does installing rdnssd remove network-manager?

Why does "sudo apt install rdnssd" remove 7 packages like network-manager etc.?

$ sudo apt install rdnssd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libndp0 libpkcs11-helper1 libteamdctl0 mobile-broadband-provider-info openvpn pptp-linux
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages: ndisc6
The following packages will be REMOVED: network-manager network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu network-manager-gnome network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome
The following NEW packages will be installed: rdnssd
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 7 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 15,9 kB of archives.
After this operation, 10,7 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.

1 Answer

Take a look at apt show rdnssd

Look for the Conflicts line:

Conflicts: network-manager

There's your answer: rdnssd and NetworkManager cannot exist on the same system simultaneously. They conflict.

FYI: Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Core use systemd-networkd instead of NetworkManager. Unless you have bolted NM on, rdnssd should work well with those versions of Ubuntu.

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Sign up using Google Sign up using Facebook Sign up using Email and Password

Post as a guest

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy