How To Install dibbler-server on Debian 10

Learn how to install dibbler-server on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dibbler-server is portable DHCPv6 server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dibbler-server on Debian 10.

What is dibbler-server

dibbler-server is:

The Dibbler server supports both stateful (i.e. IPv6 address granting) as well as stateless (i.e. options granting) auto-configuration modes of the DHCPv6 protocol. Relays are also supported. This package allows IPv6 hosts to be automatically configured on the network.

There are three methods to install dibbler-server 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-server 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-server using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dibbler-server

Install dibbler-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dibbler-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dibbler-server

Install dibbler-server 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-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dibbler-server

How To Uninstall dibbler-server on Debian 10

To uninstall only the dibbler-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dibbler-server

Uninstall dibbler-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dibbler-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dibbler-server

Remove dibbler-server Configurations and Data

To remove dibbler-server configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dibbler-server

Remove dibbler-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dibbler-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dibbler-server

Dependencies

dibbler-server have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dibbler-server package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.