How To Install isc-dhcp-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install isc-dhcp-common on Kali Linux.

What is isc-dhcp-common

isc-dhcp-common is:

This package includes manpages that are relevant to the various ISC DHCP packages.

The dhcp-options manpage describes available options for dhcpd and dhclient. The dhcp-eval manpage describes evaluation of conditional expressions.

There are three methods to install isc-dhcp-common on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install isc-dhcp-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install isc-dhcp-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install isc-dhcp-common

Install isc-dhcp-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install isc-dhcp-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install isc-dhcp-common

Install isc-dhcp-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install isc-dhcp-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install isc-dhcp-common

How To Uninstall isc-dhcp-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the isc-dhcp-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove isc-dhcp-common

Uninstall isc-dhcp-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall isc-dhcp-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove isc-dhcp-common

Remove isc-dhcp-common Configurations and Data

To remove isc-dhcp-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge isc-dhcp-common

Remove isc-dhcp-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove isc-dhcp-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isc-dhcp-common

Dependencies

isc-dhcp-common have the following dependencies:

• debianutils

References

• isc-dhcp-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install isc-dhcp-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.