How To Install bootp on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bootp
on Debian 12.
What is bootp
bootp is:
This is a server for the bootp protocol; which allows network administrator to setup networking information for clients via an /etc/bootptab on a server so that the clients can automatically get their networking information. While this server includes rudimentary DHCP support as well, we suggest using the dhcp package if you need DHCP support, as it is much more complete.
There are three methods to install bootp
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bootp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install bootp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install bootp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install bootp
using apt
by running the following command:
Install bootp 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.
After updating apt database, We can install bootp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall bootp on Debian 12
To uninstall only the bootp
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall bootp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bootp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
Remove bootp Configurations and Data
To remove bootp
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
Remove bootp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bootp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
bootp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bootp
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.