How To Install wide-dhcpv6-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wide-dhcpv6-server
wide-dhcpv6-server is:
This is the DHCPv6 server 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-server on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-server 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-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wide-dhcpv6-server
Install wide-dhcpv6-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wide-dhcpv6-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wide-dhcpv6-server
Install wide-dhcpv6-server 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install wide-dhcpv6-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wide-dhcpv6-server
How To Uninstall wide-dhcpv6-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wide-dhcpv6-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wide-dhcpv6-server
Uninstall wide-dhcpv6-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wide-dhcpv6-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wide-dhcpv6-server
Remove wide-dhcpv6-server Configurations and Data
To remove wide-dhcpv6-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wide-dhcpv6-server
Remove wide-dhcpv6-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wide-dhcpv6-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wide-dhcpv6-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wide-dhcpv6-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
