How To Install dhcping on Debian 10

Learn how to install dhcping on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dhcping is DHCP Daemon Ping Program

Introduction

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

What is dhcping

dhcping is:

This small tool provides an opportunity for a system administrator to perform a DHCP request to find out if a DHCP server is still running.

There are three methods to install dhcping 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 dhcping Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dhcping

Install dhcping Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dhcping

Install dhcping 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 dhcping using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dhcping

How To Uninstall dhcping on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove dhcping

Uninstall dhcping And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhcping

Remove dhcping Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dhcping

Remove dhcping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhcping

Dependencies

dhcping have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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