How To Install atftp on Debian 10

Learn how to install atftp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. atftp is advanced TFTP client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install atftp on Debian 10.

What is atftp

atftp is:

Interactive client for the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP). Its usage is mainly for testing and debugging the Atftp server. TFTP client is usually implemented in BIOS and bootstraps programs like pxelinux when booting from LAN. Atftp also supports non-interactive invocation for easy use in scripts.

There are three methods to install atftp on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install atftp Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install atftp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install atftp

Install atftp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install atftp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install atftp

Install atftp 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 atftp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install atftp

How To Uninstall atftp on Debian 10

To uninstall only the atftp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove atftp

Uninstall atftp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall atftp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove atftp

Remove atftp Configurations and Data

To remove atftp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge atftp

Remove atftp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove atftp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atftp

Dependencies

atftp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install atftp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.