How To Install bird-bgp on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bird-bgp on Debian 9.
What is bird-bgp
bird-bgp is:
BIRD is an Internet routing daemon with full support for all the major routing protocols. It allows redistribution between protocols with a powerful route filtering syntax and an easy-to-use configuration interface.
This package is transitional and can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install bird-bgp on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bird-bgp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bird-bgp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bird-bgp
Install bird-bgp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bird-bgp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bird-bgp
Install bird-bgp 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 bird-bgp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bird-bgp
How To Uninstall bird-bgp on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bird-bgp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bird-bgp
Uninstall bird-bgp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bird-bgp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bird-bgp
Remove bird-bgp Configurations and Data
To remove bird-bgp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bird-bgp
Remove bird-bgp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bird-bgp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bird-bgp
Dependencies
bird-bgp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bird-bgp package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.