How To Install avahi-autoipd on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-autoipd on Ubuntu 20.04. avahi-autoipd is Avahi IPv4LL network address configuration daemon Avahi IPv4LL network address configuration daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-autoipd on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `avahi-autoipd`

avahi-autoipd is:

Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at and people to talk to.

This tool implements IPv4LL, “Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses” (IETF RFC3927), a protocol for automatic IP address configuration from the link-local 169.254.0.0/16 range without the need for a central server. It is primarily intended to be used in ad-hoc networks which lack a DHCP server. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: avahi-autoipd Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.7-4ubuntu7 Priority: optional Section: net Source: avahi Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 120 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdaemon0 (>= 0.14), adduser Recommends: isc-dhcp-client, iproute2 Conflicts: zeroconf Filename: pool/main/a/avahi/avahi-autoipd_0.7-4ubuntu7_amd64.deb Size: 37700 MD5sum: be38e91de3878c92d432077e8d3f48ca SHA1: 6fd096463ce5cd3d36a38d492b469725fcd0e3e0 SHA256: 015312eabb3f4985a363119bdb5d71987e059b6c36d72fe7f4945471b9af6d76 Homepage: http://avahi.org/ Description-en: Avahi IPv4LL network address configuration daemon Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at and people to talk to.

There are three methods to install avahi-autoipd on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install avahi-autoipd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install avahi-autoipd

Install avahi-autoipd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install avahi-autoipd

Install avahi-autoipd 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install avahi-autoipd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install avahi-autoipd

How To Uninstall avahi-autoipd on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the avahi-autoipd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove avahi-autoipd

Uninstall avahi-autoipd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall avahi-autoipd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove avahi-autoipd

Remove avahi-autoipd Configurations and Data

To remove avahi-autoipd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge avahi-autoipd

Remove avahi-autoipd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge avahi-autoipd

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install avahi-autoipd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.