How To Install dibbler-client on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dibbler-client on Debian 10.
What is dibbler-client
dibbler-client is:
The Dibbler client supports both stateful (i.e. IPv6 address granting) as well as stateless (i.e. option granting) auto-configuration modes of the DHCPv6 protocol. Besides basic capabilities, it supports various DHCPv6 extensions, for instance option renewal. Installing Dibbler allows obtaining IPv6 addresses and options from a DHCPv6 server.
There are three methods to install dibbler-client on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dibbler-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dibbler-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dibbler-client
Install dibbler-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dibbler-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dibbler-client
Install dibbler-client 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 dibbler-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dibbler-client
How To Uninstall dibbler-client on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dibbler-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dibbler-client
Uninstall dibbler-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dibbler-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dibbler-client
Remove dibbler-client Configurations and Data
To remove dibbler-client configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dibbler-client
Remove dibbler-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dibbler-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dibbler-client
Dependencies
dibbler-client have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dibbler-client package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.