How To Install wide-dhcpv6-client on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6-client on Kali Linux. wide-dhcpv6-client is DHCPv6 client for automatic IPv6 hosts configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6-client on Kali Linux.

What is wide-dhcpv6-client

wide-dhcpv6-client is:

This is the DHCPv6 client from WIDE project.

DHCPv6 allows prefix delagation and host configuration for the IPv6 network protocol.

Multiple network interfaces are supported by this DHCPv6 package.

There are three methods to install wide-dhcpv6-client on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wide-dhcpv6-client Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wide-dhcpv6-client

Install wide-dhcpv6-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wide-dhcpv6-client

Install wide-dhcpv6-client Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install wide-dhcpv6-client

How To Uninstall wide-dhcpv6-client on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wide-dhcpv6-client

Uninstall wide-dhcpv6-client And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wide-dhcpv6-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wide-dhcpv6-client

Remove wide-dhcpv6-client Configurations and Data

To remove wide-dhcpv6-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wide-dhcpv6-client

Remove wide-dhcpv6-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wide-dhcpv6-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wide-dhcpv6-client

Dependencies

wide-dhcpv6-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6-client package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.