How To Install kea-ctrl-agent on Debian 12

Learn how to install kea-ctrl-agent on Debian 12 with this tutorial. kea-ctrl-agent is REST API service for Kea DHCP server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kea-ctrl-agent on Debian 12.

What is `kea-ctrl-agent`

kea-ctrl-agent is:

Kea is an IPv4 and IPv6 DHCP server developed by Internet Systems Consortium.

This package provides the REST API service agent for Kea DHCP.

There are three methods to install kea-ctrl-agent on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kea-ctrl-agent Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kea-ctrl-agent using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kea-ctrl-agent

Install kea-ctrl-agent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kea-ctrl-agent using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kea-ctrl-agent

Install kea-ctrl-agent 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 kea-ctrl-agent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kea-ctrl-agent

How To Uninstall kea-ctrl-agent on Debian 12

To uninstall only the kea-ctrl-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kea-ctrl-agent

Uninstall kea-ctrl-agent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kea-ctrl-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kea-ctrl-agent

Remove kea-ctrl-agent Configurations and Data

To remove kea-ctrl-agent configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kea-ctrl-agent

Remove kea-ctrl-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kea-ctrl-agent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kea-ctrl-agent

Dependencies

kea-ctrl-agent have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kea-ctrl-agent package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.