How To Install tftpd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tftpd
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is tftpd
tftpd is:
Tftpd is a server which supports the Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol (RFC 783). The TFTP server operates at the port indicated in the `tftp' service description; see services(5). The server is normally started by inetd(8).
Warning: Does not support ’tsize’, which is required by some tftp clients, especially PXE, and various other network boot clients. For those, use atftpd or tftpd-hpa.
There are three methods to install tftpd
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 tftpd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tftpd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tftpd
Install tftpd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tftpd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tftpd
Install tftpd 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 tftpd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tftpd
How To Uninstall tftpd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the tftpd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tftpd
Uninstall tftpd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tftpd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tftpd
Remove tftpd Configurations and Data
To remove tftpd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tftpd
Remove tftpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tftpd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tftpd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tftpd
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.