How To Install quagga-ospf6d on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quagga-ospf6d on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is quagga-ospf6d
quagga-ospf6d 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 OSPF6 routing daemon.
There are three methods to install quagga-ospf6d 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 quagga-ospf6d 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-ospf6d using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quagga-ospf6d
Install quagga-ospf6d Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quagga-ospf6d using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quagga-ospf6d
Install quagga-ospf6d 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 quagga-ospf6d using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quagga-ospf6d
How To Uninstall quagga-ospf6d on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the quagga-ospf6d package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quagga-ospf6d
Uninstall quagga-ospf6d And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quagga-ospf6d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quagga-ospf6d
Remove quagga-ospf6d Configurations and Data
To remove quagga-ospf6d configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quagga-ospf6d
Remove quagga-ospf6d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quagga-ospf6d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quagga-ospf6d
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quagga-ospf6d package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
