How To Install wide-dhcpv6-relay on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6-relay on Debian 9.
What is wide-dhcpv6-relay
wide-dhcpv6-relay is:
This is the DHCPv6 relay from WIDE project. For more information visit the project web site at http://wide-dhcpv6.sourceforge.net/
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-relay 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 wide-dhcpv6-relay 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-relay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wide-dhcpv6-relay
Install wide-dhcpv6-relay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wide-dhcpv6-relay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wide-dhcpv6-relay
Install wide-dhcpv6-relay 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 wide-dhcpv6-relay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wide-dhcpv6-relay
How To Uninstall wide-dhcpv6-relay on Debian 9
To uninstall only the wide-dhcpv6-relay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wide-dhcpv6-relay
Uninstall wide-dhcpv6-relay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wide-dhcpv6-relay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wide-dhcpv6-relay
Remove wide-dhcpv6-relay Configurations and Data
To remove wide-dhcpv6-relay configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wide-dhcpv6-relay
Remove wide-dhcpv6-relay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wide-dhcpv6-relay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wide-dhcpv6-relay
Dependencies
wide-dhcpv6-relay have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6-relay package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.