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