How To Install wide-dhcpv6-client on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6-client on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is wide-dhcpv6-client
wide-dhcpv6-client is:
This is the DHCPv6 client from WIDE project.
DHCPv6 allows prefix delagation and host configuration for the IPv6 network protocol.
Multiple network interfaces are supported by this DHCPv6 package.
There are three methods to install wide-dhcpv6-client 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 wide-dhcpv6-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wide-dhcpv6-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wide-dhcpv6-client
Install wide-dhcpv6-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wide-dhcpv6-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wide-dhcpv6-client
Install wide-dhcpv6-client 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 wide-dhcpv6-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wide-dhcpv6-client
How To Uninstall wide-dhcpv6-client on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the wide-dhcpv6-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wide-dhcpv6-client
Uninstall wide-dhcpv6-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wide-dhcpv6-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wide-dhcpv6-client
Remove wide-dhcpv6-client Configurations and Data
To remove wide-dhcpv6-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wide-dhcpv6-client
Remove wide-dhcpv6-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wide-dhcpv6-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wide-dhcpv6-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6-client package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
