How To Install dhcpy6d on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcpy6d
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dhcpy6d
dhcpy6d is:
Dhcpy6d delivers IPv6 addresses for DHCPv6 clients, which can be identified by DUID, hostname or MAC address as in the good old IPv4 days. It allows easy dualstack transition, addresses may be generated randomly, by range, by arbitrary ID or MAC address. Clients can get more than one address, leases and client configuration can be stored in databases and DNS can be updated dynamically.
There are three methods to install dhcpy6d
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dhcpy6d Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dhcpy6d
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dhcpy6d
Install dhcpy6d Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dhcpy6d
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dhcpy6d
Install dhcpy6d 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 dhcpy6d
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dhcpy6d
How To Uninstall dhcpy6d on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dhcpy6d
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dhcpy6d
Uninstall dhcpy6d And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dhcpy6d
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhcpy6d
Remove dhcpy6d Configurations and Data
To remove dhcpy6d
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dhcpy6d
Remove dhcpy6d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dhcpy6d
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhcpy6d
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcpy6d
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.