How To Install python-pydhcplib on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pydhcplib on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pydhcplib
python-pydhcplib is:
pydhcplib is a Python library which provides two levels of support for DHCP clients and servers. The first is the low-level support for encoding and decoding DHCP packets (the library supports both RFC 2131 and RFC 2132 options). The second is support communicate as a client or as a server, sending and receiving packets over the wire.
There are three methods to install python-pydhcplib 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 python-pydhcplib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pydhcplib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pydhcplib
Install python-pydhcplib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pydhcplib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pydhcplib
Install python-pydhcplib 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 python-pydhcplib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pydhcplib
How To Uninstall python-pydhcplib on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pydhcplib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pydhcplib
Uninstall python-pydhcplib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pydhcplib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pydhcplib
Remove python-pydhcplib Configurations and Data
To remove python-pydhcplib configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pydhcplib
Remove python-pydhcplib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pydhcplib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pydhcplib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pydhcplib package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
