How To Install mptcpd-plugins on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mptcpd-plugins on Debian 12.
What is mptcpd-plugins
mptcpd-plugins is:
The Multipath TCP Daemon Plug-ins package is a collection of plugins for mptcpd, short for Multipath TCP Daemon. These plugins can be used to perform Multipath TCP path management related operations in the user space.
The daemon interacts with the Linux kernel through a generic Netlink connection to track per-connection information (e.g. available remote addresses), available network interfaces, request new MPTCP subflows, handle requests for subflows, etc. Plugins can react on events and requests path management related operations to create subflows, advertise addresses, etc.
There are three methods to install mptcpd-plugins 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 mptcpd-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mptcpd-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mptcpd-plugins
Install mptcpd-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mptcpd-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mptcpd-plugins
Install mptcpd-plugins 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 mptcpd-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mptcpd-plugins
How To Uninstall mptcpd-plugins on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mptcpd-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mptcpd-plugins
Uninstall mptcpd-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mptcpd-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mptcpd-plugins
Remove mptcpd-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove mptcpd-plugins configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mptcpd-plugins
Remove mptcpd-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mptcpd-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mptcpd-plugins
Dependencies
mptcpd-plugins have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mptcpd-plugins package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
