How To Install wide-dhcpv6 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6 on CentOS 7. wide-dhcpv6 is DHCP Client and Server for IPv6

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6 on CentOS 7.

What is wide-dhcpv6

This is the DHCPv6 package from WIDE project. For more information visit the project web site at http DHCPv6 allows prefix delegation and host configuration for the IPv6 network protocol. Multiple network interfaces are supported by this DHCPv6 package. This package contains the server, relay and client.

We can use yum or dnf to install wide-dhcpv6 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wide-dhcpv6.

Install wide-dhcpv6 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install wide-dhcpv6 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wide-dhcpv6

Install wide-dhcpv6 on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install wide-dhcpv6 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wide-dhcpv6

How To Uninstall wide-dhcpv6 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the wide-dhcpv6 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wide-dhcpv6

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.