How To Install rarpd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rarpd
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rarpd
rarpd is:
RARP is a protocol which allows individual devices on a network to get their IP addresses assigned based on their MAC addresses.
You have use of this daemon only if you have on your local network machines like diskless Sun boxes, or other netbooting devices.
There are three methods to install rarpd
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rarpd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rarpd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rarpd
Install rarpd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rarpd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rarpd
Install rarpd 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 rarpd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rarpd
How To Uninstall rarpd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rarpd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rarpd
Uninstall rarpd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rarpd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rarpd
Remove rarpd Configurations and Data
To remove rarpd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rarpd
Remove rarpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rarpd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rarpd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rarpd
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.