How To Install isc-dhcp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install isc-dhcp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is isc-dhcp-dev
isc-dhcp-dev is:
This package provides support for OMAPI (Object Management Application Programming Interface), which is an API for accessing and modifying the DHCP server and client state.
Package: isc-dhcp-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5 Priority: optional Section: devel Source: isc-dhcp Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian ISC DHCP Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1146 Depends: libc6-dev Filename: pool/main/i/isc-dhcp/isc-dhcp-dev_4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5_amd64.deb Size: 222772 MD5sum: 026a1f2f4099f15eaab63bee9481b963 SHA1: fdf6b409f4adafa3b78e4736df7679dc2ede6b41 SHA256: bd2542826200e8dd2408a48a7d076056d91ae1a9ea95079b72ae65cbc52fd93c Homepage: http://www.isc.org Description-en: API for accessing and modifying the DHCP server and client state This package provides support for OMAPI (Object Management Application Programming Interface), which is an API for accessing and modifying the DHCP server and client state.
There are three methods to install isc-dhcp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install isc-dhcp-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install isc-dhcp-dev
Install isc-dhcp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install isc-dhcp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install isc-dhcp-dev
Install isc-dhcp-dev 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 isc-dhcp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install isc-dhcp-dev
How To Uninstall isc-dhcp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the isc-dhcp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove isc-dhcp-dev
Uninstall isc-dhcp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall isc-dhcp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove isc-dhcp-dev
Remove isc-dhcp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove isc-dhcp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge isc-dhcp-dev
Remove isc-dhcp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove isc-dhcp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isc-dhcp-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install isc-dhcp-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.