How To Install quagga-ospfd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quagga-ospfd on Debian 9.
What is quagga-ospfd
quagga-ospfd is:
GNU Quagga is free software which manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, and RIPng as well as the IPv6 versions of these.
This package contains the OSPF routing daemon.
There are three methods to install quagga-ospfd 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 quagga-ospfd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install quagga-ospfd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quagga-ospfd
Install quagga-ospfd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quagga-ospfd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quagga-ospfd
Install quagga-ospfd 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 quagga-ospfd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quagga-ospfd
How To Uninstall quagga-ospfd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the quagga-ospfd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quagga-ospfd
Uninstall quagga-ospfd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quagga-ospfd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quagga-ospfd
Remove quagga-ospfd Configurations and Data
To remove quagga-ospfd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quagga-ospfd
Remove quagga-ospfd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quagga-ospfd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quagga-ospfd
Dependencies
quagga-ospfd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quagga-ospfd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
