How To Install natpmp-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install natpmp-utils on Debian 9.
What is natpmp-utils
natpmp-utils is:
NAT-PMP is the direct concurrent to the UPnP IGD specification. It is providing a way to do NAT traversal. It is part of the Bonjour protocol specifications. At the moment it is mainly supported by Apple software and hardware. For a way to add NAT-PMP capabilities to your *BSD, Linux or (Open)Solaris Router, you should have a look at MiniUPnPd which is supporting NAT-PMP in addition to UPnP since December 2007 !
libnatpmp is an attempt to make a portable and fully compliant implementation of the protocol NAT-PMP for the client side. It is based on non blocking sockets and all calls of the API are asynchronous. It is therefore very easy to integrate the NAT-PMP code to any event driven code.
This package contains the natpmpc test client.
There are three methods to install natpmp-utils on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install natpmp-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install natpmp-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install natpmp-utils
Install natpmp-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install natpmp-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install natpmp-utils
Install natpmp-utils 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 natpmp-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install natpmp-utils
How To Uninstall natpmp-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the natpmp-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove natpmp-utils
Uninstall natpmp-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall natpmp-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove natpmp-utils
Remove natpmp-utils Configurations and Data
To remove natpmp-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge natpmp-utils
Remove natpmp-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove natpmp-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge natpmp-utils
Dependencies
natpmp-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install natpmp-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
