How To Install ndppd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ndppd
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ndppd
ndppd is:
ndppd is a daemon that proxies certain IPv6 NDP messages between two or more interfaces. It currently supports proxying Neighbor Solicitation Messages and Neighbor Advertisement messages in order to allow IPv6 routing without relying on Linux “proxy_ndp”.
The daemon is partially compliant with (experimental) RFC4389.
There are three methods to install ndppd
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 ndppd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ndppd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ndppd
Install ndppd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ndppd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ndppd
Install ndppd 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 ndppd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ndppd
How To Uninstall ndppd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ndppd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ndppd
Uninstall ndppd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ndppd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ndppd
Remove ndppd Configurations and Data
To remove ndppd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ndppd
Remove ndppd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ndppd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ndppd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ndppd
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.