How To Install coredhcp-server on Debian 12

Learn how to install coredhcp-server on Debian 12 with this tutorial. coredhcp-server is multithreaded, modular and extensible DHCP server - server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coredhcp-server on Debian 12.

What is coredhcp-server

coredhcp-server is:

Coredhcp is a fast, multithreaded, modular and extensible DHCP server written in Go. In CoreDHCP almost everything is implemented as a plugin. Every request is evaluated calling each plugin in order, until one breaks the evaluation and responds to, or drops, the request.

This package contains the server.

There are three methods to install coredhcp-server on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install coredhcp-server Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install coredhcp-server using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install coredhcp-server

Install coredhcp-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install coredhcp-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install coredhcp-server

Install coredhcp-server 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 coredhcp-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coredhcp-server

How To Uninstall coredhcp-server on Debian 12

To uninstall only the coredhcp-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove coredhcp-server

Uninstall coredhcp-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall coredhcp-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coredhcp-server

Remove coredhcp-server Configurations and Data

To remove coredhcp-server configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge coredhcp-server

Remove coredhcp-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove coredhcp-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coredhcp-server

Dependencies

coredhcp-server have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install coredhcp-server package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.