How To Install tftp-hpa on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tftp-hpa on Debian 12.
What is tftp-hpa
tftp-hpa 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 client.
There are three methods to install tftp-hpa on Debian 12. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tftp-hpa
Install tftp-hpa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tftp-hpa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tftp-hpa
Install tftp-hpa 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install tftp-hpa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tftp-hpa
How To Uninstall tftp-hpa on Debian 12
To uninstall only the tftp-hpa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tftp-hpa
Uninstall tftp-hpa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tftp-hpa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tftp-hpa
Remove tftp-hpa Configurations and Data
To remove tftp-hpa configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tftp-hpa
Remove tftp-hpa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tftp-hpa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tftp-hpa
Dependencies
tftp-hpa have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tftp-hpa package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
