How To Install ipcheck on Debian 10

Learn how to install ipcheck on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ipcheck is Dyndns.org client to register your dynamic IP address

Introduction

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

What is ipcheck

ipcheck is:

The Dynamic DNS service allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static hostname, allowing your computer to be more easily accessed from various locations on the Internet.

This is a simple Python script to register your dynamic IP address using the NIC V2.0 protocol.

The script is very easy to use and supports multiple methods for determining the external IP (parsing interfaces on the local machine, web based IP detection, direct support for devices from Linksys, Netgear, Draytek, Netopia, HawkingTech, Watchgard, Cayman, Nexland, ZyXEL, SMC, Compex, UgatePlus, DLink and Cisco). It also supports the dyndns offline mode.

Starting with version 0.141, ipcheck uses https by default and will fall back to http if a timeout occurs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ipcheck

Install ipcheck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ipcheck

Install ipcheck 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 ipcheck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ipcheck

How To Uninstall ipcheck on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ipcheck

Uninstall ipcheck And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ipcheck

Remove ipcheck Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ipcheck

Remove ipcheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ipcheck

Dependencies

ipcheck have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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