How To Install wide-dhcpv6 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6 on Rocky Linux 8. wide-dhcpv6 is DHCP Client and Server for IPv6

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6 on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wide-dhcpv6.

Install wide-dhcpv6 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install wide-dhcpv6

Install wide-dhcpv6 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install wide-dhcpv6

How To Uninstall wide-dhcpv6 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove wide-dhcpv6

wide-dhcpv6 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/wide-dhcpv6
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/f14f39dd3b8ef0bd1cc1ab3b3ca249abdceada
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/4d48bbcb0fb520caca7c5e277a3884032b30fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/9a964133b3d4f4bd5e37221837de2942c7d016
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/2e11142613c65e7346da7f16b1d81eddc6569c
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/dhcp6c
/usr/sbin/dhcp6ctl
/usr/sbin/dhcp6relay
/usr/sbin/dhcp6s
/usr/share/doc/wide-dhcpv6/CHANGELOG-LINUX
/usr/share/doc/wide-dhcpv6/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/wide-dhcpv6/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/wide-dhcpv6/README
/usr/share/doc/wide-dhcpv6/RELEASENOTES
/usr/share/doc/wide-dhcpv6/dhcp6c-script
/usr/share/doc/wide-dhcpv6/dhcp6c.conf.sample
/usr/share/doc/wide-dhcpv6/dhcp6c.service
/usr/share/doc/wide-dhcpv6/dhcp6r.service
/usr/share/doc/wide-dhcpv6/dhcp6s.conf.sample
/usr/share/doc/wide-dhcpv6/dhcp6s.service
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcp6c.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcp6s.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhcp6c.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhcp6ctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhcp6relay.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhcp6s.8.gz

References

wide-dhcpv6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.