How To Install kea-dhcp4-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kea-dhcp4-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kea-dhcp4-server
kea-dhcp4-server is:
KEA is an IPv4 and IPv6 DHCP server developed by Internet Systems Consortium providing a very high-performance with PostgreSQL, MySQL and memfile backends.
This package provides the IPv4 DHCP server.
There are three methods to install kea-dhcp4-server on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kea-dhcp4-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 kea-dhcp4-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kea-dhcp4-server
Install kea-dhcp4-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kea-dhcp4-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kea-dhcp4-server
Install kea-dhcp4-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kea-dhcp4-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kea-dhcp4-server
How To Uninstall kea-dhcp4-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kea-dhcp4-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kea-dhcp4-server
Uninstall kea-dhcp4-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kea-dhcp4-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kea-dhcp4-server
Remove kea-dhcp4-server Configurations and Data
To remove kea-dhcp4-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kea-dhcp4-server
Remove kea-dhcp4-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kea-dhcp4-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kea-dhcp4-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kea-dhcp4-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
