How To Install vlan on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlan on Debian 9.
What is vlan
vlan is:
This package contains the user mode programs you need to add and remove VLAN devices from your ethernet devices.
A typical application for a VLAN enabled box is a single wire firewall, router or load balancer.
You need a VLAN Linux kernel for this. Linux kernel versions >= 2.4.14 have VLAN support.
There are three methods to install vlan on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vlan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vlan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vlan
Install vlan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vlan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vlan
Install vlan 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 vlan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vlan
How To Uninstall vlan on Debian 9
To uninstall only the vlan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vlan
Uninstall vlan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vlan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlan
Remove vlan Configurations and Data
To remove vlan configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vlan
Remove vlan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vlan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlan
Dependencies
vlan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vlan package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.