How To Install minissdpd on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minissdpd on Debian 11.
What is minissdpd
minissdpd is:
MiniSSDPd is a small daemon used by MiniUPnPc (a UPnP control point for IGD devices) to speed up device discoveries. MiniSSDPd keeps memory of all UPnP devices that announced themselves on the network through SSDP NOTIFY packets. MiniSSDPd also has the ability to handle all SSDP traffic received on a computer via the multicast group 239.255.255.250:1900.
MiniSSDPd receives NOTIFY packets and stores information contained for later use by UPnP Control Points on the machine. MiniSSDPd receives M-SEARCH packets and answers on behalf of the UPnP devices running on the machine. MiniUPnPd and MiniUPnPc are designed to take automatically advantage of MiniSSDPd running on the same computer. Just make sure that MiniSSDPd is started before any other UPnP program on the computer.
There are three methods to install minissdpd on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install minissdpd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install minissdpd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minissdpd
Install minissdpd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minissdpd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minissdpd
Install minissdpd 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 minissdpd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minissdpd
How To Uninstall minissdpd on Debian 11
To uninstall only the minissdpd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minissdpd
Uninstall minissdpd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minissdpd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minissdpd
Remove minissdpd Configurations and Data
To remove minissdpd configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minissdpd
Remove minissdpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minissdpd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minissdpd
Dependencies
minissdpd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minissdpd package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.