How To Install isc-dhcp-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install isc-dhcp-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is isc-dhcp-common
isc-dhcp-common is:
This package includes manpages that are relevant to the various ISC DHCP packages.
The dhcp-options manpage describes available options for dhcpd and dhclient. The dhcp-eval manpage describes evaluation of conditional expressions. Task: minimal
Package: isc-dhcp-common Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5 Priority: important Section: net Source: isc-dhcp Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian ISC DHCP Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 163 Depends: debianutils (>= 2.8.2) Filename: pool/main/i/isc-dhcp/isc-dhcp-common_4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5_amd64.deb Size: 44744 MD5sum: 750cfeabf630935e30837b1442d4e38e SHA1: c71c5dbddfaf4ec4b3f6ffe38b00b34619ad1c87 SHA256: c0c8f342a7aa51ced15030197fe682fd37f46305853b4c78dd04781e134a579e Homepage: http://www.isc.org Description-en: common manpages relevant to all of the isc-dhcp packages This package includes manpages that are relevant to the various ISC DHCP packages.
The dhcp-options manpage describes available options for dhcpd and dhclient. The dhcp-eval manpage describes evaluation of conditional expressions. Task: minimal
There are three methods to install isc-dhcp-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install isc-dhcp-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install isc-dhcp-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install isc-dhcp-common
Install isc-dhcp-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install isc-dhcp-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install isc-dhcp-common
Install isc-dhcp-common 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install isc-dhcp-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install isc-dhcp-common
How To Uninstall isc-dhcp-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the isc-dhcp-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove isc-dhcp-common
Uninstall isc-dhcp-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall isc-dhcp-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove isc-dhcp-common
Remove isc-dhcp-common Configurations and Data
To remove isc-dhcp-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge isc-dhcp-common
Remove isc-dhcp-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove isc-dhcp-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isc-dhcp-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install isc-dhcp-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.