How To Install quagga-bgpd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quagga-bgpd on Debian 9.
What is quagga-bgpd
quagga-bgpd is:
GNU Quagga is free software which manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, and RIPng as well as the IPv6 versions of these.
This package contains the BGP4/BGP4+ routing daemon.
There are three methods to install quagga-bgpd 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 quagga-bgpd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install quagga-bgpd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quagga-bgpd
Install quagga-bgpd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quagga-bgpd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quagga-bgpd
Install quagga-bgpd 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 quagga-bgpd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quagga-bgpd
How To Uninstall quagga-bgpd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the quagga-bgpd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quagga-bgpd
Uninstall quagga-bgpd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quagga-bgpd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quagga-bgpd
Remove quagga-bgpd Configurations and Data
To remove quagga-bgpd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quagga-bgpd
Remove quagga-bgpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quagga-bgpd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quagga-bgpd
Dependencies
quagga-bgpd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quagga-bgpd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.