How To Install dhcp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. dhcp.x86_64 is Dynamic host configuration protocol software

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `dhcp.x86_64`

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. To use DHCP on your network, install a DHCP service (or relay agent), and on clients run a DHCP client daemon. The dhcp package provides the ISC DHCP service and relay agent.

We can use yum to install dhcp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dhcp.x86_64.

Install dhcp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dhcp.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dhcp.x86_64

How To Uninstall dhcp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the dhcp.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove dhcp.x86_64

dhcp.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/NetworkManager
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/12-dhcpd
/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
/etc/dhcp/dhcpd6.conf
/etc/dhcp/scripts
/etc/dhcp/scripts/README.scripts
/etc/openldap/schema/dhcp.schema
/etc/sysconfig/dhcpd
/usr/bin/omshell
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd6.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcrelay.service
/usr/sbin/dhcpd
/usr/sbin/dhcrelay
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.2.5
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.2.5/dhcpd.conf.example
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.2.5/dhcpd6.conf.example
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.2.5/ldap
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.2.5/ldap/README.ldap
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.2.5/ldap/dhcp.schema
/usr/share/doc/dhcp-4.2.5/ldap/dhcpd-conf-to-ldap
/usr/share/man/man1/omshell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpd.leases.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhcpd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhcrelay.8.gz
/usr/share/systemtap/tapset/dhcpd.stp
/var/lib/dhcpd
/var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases
/var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd6.leases

References

dhcp.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.