How To Install ppp-gatekeeper on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ppp-gatekeeper
on Debian 9.
What is ppp-gatekeeper
ppp-gatekeeper is:
PPP Gatekeeper is a daemon that manages PPPOE connections supporting various levels of redundancy and failover.
Traffic can be routed using round-robin and random strategies over links of similar priority. Static IP route lists can also be provided for specific routing purposes. DNS can also be load balanced over multiple links.
There are three methods to install ppp-gatekeeper
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ppp-gatekeeper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ppp-gatekeeper
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ppp-gatekeeper
Install ppp-gatekeeper Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ppp-gatekeeper
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ppp-gatekeeper
Install ppp-gatekeeper 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 ppp-gatekeeper
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ppp-gatekeeper
How To Uninstall ppp-gatekeeper on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ppp-gatekeeper
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ppp-gatekeeper
Uninstall ppp-gatekeeper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ppp-gatekeeper
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ppp-gatekeeper
Remove ppp-gatekeeper Configurations and Data
To remove ppp-gatekeeper
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ppp-gatekeeper
Remove ppp-gatekeeper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ppp-gatekeeper
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ppp-gatekeeper
Dependencies
ppp-gatekeeper have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ppp-gatekeeper
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.