How To Install quagga-ripd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quagga-ripd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is quagga-ripd
quagga-ripd 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 RIPv1/RIPv2 routing daemon.
There are three methods to install quagga-ripd 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-ripd 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-ripd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quagga-ripd
Install quagga-ripd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quagga-ripd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quagga-ripd
Install quagga-ripd 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-ripd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quagga-ripd
How To Uninstall quagga-ripd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the quagga-ripd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quagga-ripd
Uninstall quagga-ripd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quagga-ripd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quagga-ripd
Remove quagga-ripd Configurations and Data
To remove quagga-ripd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quagga-ripd
Remove quagga-ripd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quagga-ripd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quagga-ripd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quagga-ripd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
