How To Install dhcpdump on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcpdump on Debian 11. dhcpdump is Parse DHCP packets from tcpdump

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcpdump on Debian 11.

What is dhcpdump

dhcpdump is:

This package provides a tool for visualization of DHCP packets as recorded and output by tcpdump to analyze DHCP server responses.

There are three methods to install dhcpdump on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dhcpdump Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dhcpdump

Install dhcpdump Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dhcpdump

Install dhcpdump 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 dhcpdump using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dhcpdump

How To Uninstall dhcpdump on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove dhcpdump

Uninstall dhcpdump And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dhcpdump and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhcpdump

Remove dhcpdump Configurations and Data

To remove dhcpdump configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dhcpdump

Remove dhcpdump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhcpdump

Dependencies

dhcpdump have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcpdump package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.