How to disable IPv6 in Linux Mint

[zelda]

Hi, Ive tried to disable IPv6. Ive had a few people in #ubuntu help me. They have gave me links to support documents and tutorials of how to disable IPv6. Ive followed directions to the "T" I've edited bad_list with the correct lines. Ive edited aliases with other lines from the help forums. I've also edited about:config. With all the help I have received when I type in terminal ip a |grep inet6. Its still there. I would appreciate some help. If you need me to post stuff let me know. Thanks in advance!

[clem]

Hi Zelda,

Are you running Barbara ?? ipv6 is disabled in Bea..

Clem

[scorp123]

Hi, Ive tried to disable IPv6.

Hmmm ... I could have sworn that IPv6 is already disabled by default in Mint?? Can you please post the output of this command:

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lsmod | grep ip

[clem]

Scorp: To be precise, enabled in Ada beta007, Barbara final and Bea beta023. Disabled in Bea final.

Clem

[scorp123]

Scorp: To be precise, enabled in Ada beta007, Barbara final and Bea beta023. Disabled in Bea final.

Yes, I was talking of Bea. That's what most people use around here. There are only few stubborn ones left still using Barbara ... as myself

[zelda]

Well I was using "Barbara" Then I just reformatted to "Bea" I checked the about:config and its disabled, yet my internet connection is still slow. I will post the output here later. Im working!
-Thanks in advance

[zelda]

lsmod | grep ip doesnt output anything. And how do I get rid of the "extra" quotes in terminal? I think thats lame!

[scorp123]

lsmod | grep ip doesnt output anything.

Good. If IPv6 were active then you'd get something like this:

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~> lsmod | grep ip
ipv6                  263584  24

So no response means that the ipv6 module (= "driver") was not loaded. In my example it's loaded so that's why I get something back here.

And how do I get rid of the "extra" quotes in terminal? I think thats lame!

You should develop some sense for humour

[zelda]

I have a sense of humor. I dont want the quotes. Will you tell me how to disable or get rid of them please? If not, I will go back to "Barbara"

[scripted]

Open up /etc/bash.bashrc then just comment these lines

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# if the command-not-found package is installed, use it
if [ -x /usr/bin/command-not-found ]; then
   function command_not_found_handle {
                /usr/bin/command-not-found $1
                return $?
   }
fi

/usr/games/fortune

then just remove fortune ?
sudo apt-get remove fortune

i don't know if its safe to do this because im a newbie to linux

Edit: ooops

[scorp123]

then just remove fortune ?
sudo apt-get fortune

sudo apt-get remove fortune

[clem]

You can leave fortune, all you need to do is remove the line calling it in bashrc.rc.

Clem

[zelda]

Thanks clem. It worked!

[Frijolie]

did you finally get ipv6 disabled or just get fortune to stop displaying in the terminal?

[zelda]

yes I did thanks