How To Install tftp-hpa-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tftp-hpa-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tftp-hpa-dbg
tftp-hpa-dbg is:
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a file transfer protocol, mainly to serve boot images over the network to other machines (PXE).
tftp-hpa is an enhanced version of the BSD TFTP client and server. It possesses a number of bugfixes and enhancements over the original.
This package contains the debugging symbols for both the client and the server.
There are three methods to install tftp-hpa-dbg 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 tftp-hpa-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tftp-hpa-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tftp-hpa-dbg
Install tftp-hpa-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tftp-hpa-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tftp-hpa-dbg
Install tftp-hpa-dbg 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 tftp-hpa-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tftp-hpa-dbg
How To Uninstall tftp-hpa-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tftp-hpa-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tftp-hpa-dbg
Uninstall tftp-hpa-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tftp-hpa-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tftp-hpa-dbg
Remove tftp-hpa-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove tftp-hpa-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tftp-hpa-dbg
Remove tftp-hpa-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tftp-hpa-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tftp-hpa-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tftp-hpa-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.