How To Install dhcpdump on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcpdump on Debian 9.
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 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 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.