How To Install udhcpd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install udhcpd on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is udhcpd
udhcpd is:
Busybox contains a very small yet fully function RFC compliant DHCP server formerly known as udhcpd.
This package contains the glue to use the busybox udhcpd as DHCP server in the system by providing the appropriate symbolic links and scripts.
Package: udhcpd Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.2 Priority: optional Section: universe/net Source: busybox Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 64 Provides: dhcpd Depends: busybox (» 1:1.30.1) | busybox-static (» 1:1.30.1), lsb-base Filename: pool/universe/b/busybox/udhcpd_1.30.1-4ubuntu6.2_amd64.deb Size: 5664 MD5sum: 67c92f6ccd7137b22c06007283f9aa0c SHA1: 6aadf6627ab3197516b00e9d2fbad039bbe07da8 SHA256: fc9ee70d05a888d9a084f7b36bd123cc2e5d9bf51855dab52bd0fa0e56ee1d0b SHA512: 41d06e1e636205c00ff427b7d2b6a0ce193af3dfabd6590d99519b888c8c853dd1d80b43d6ceb96f1167fa367b3a16d258e43f2eaffcb6b47f3c993f8c9e1baf Homepage: http://www.busybox.net Description-en: Provides the busybox DHCP server implementation Busybox contains a very small yet fully function RFC compliant DHCP server formerly known as udhcpd.
This package contains the glue to use the busybox udhcpd as DHCP server in the system by providing the appropriate symbolic links and scripts.
Package: udhcpd Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6 Priority: optional Section: universe/net Source: busybox Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 64 Provides: dhcpd Depends: busybox (» 1:1.30.1) | busybox-static (» 1:1.30.1), lsb-base Filename: pool/universe/b/busybox/udhcpd_1.30.1-4ubuntu6_amd64.deb Size: 5664 MD5sum: 04f7f35bcc0d89b14526a533ce81c58f SHA1: 30015c945a08d193faf6c7a3fba9bbd140bc7029 SHA256: 4a88935a6cdd09c29f566f5388efa44de11ff4b80c0f6b075063f500f44de63e Homepage: http://www.busybox.net Description-en: Provides the busybox DHCP server implementation Busybox contains a very small yet fully function RFC compliant DHCP server formerly known as udhcpd.
This package contains the glue to use the busybox udhcpd as DHCP server in the system by providing the appropriate symbolic links and scripts.
There are three methods to install udhcpd 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 udhcpd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install udhcpd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install udhcpd
Install udhcpd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install udhcpd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install udhcpd
Install udhcpd 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 udhcpd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install udhcpd
How To Uninstall udhcpd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the udhcpd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove udhcpd
Uninstall udhcpd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall udhcpd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove udhcpd
Remove udhcpd Configurations and Data
To remove udhcpd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge udhcpd
Remove udhcpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove udhcpd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge udhcpd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install udhcpd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.