How To Install dhcp-helper on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-helper on Kali Linux.
What is dhcp-helper
dhcp-helper is:
dhcp-helper is a DHCP and BOOTP relay agent. It listens for DHCP and BOOTP broadcasts on directly connected subnets and relays them to DHCP or BOOTP servers elsewhere. dhcp-helper is much smaller than dhcp3-relay package and it does not require the Packet Filter kernel facility to be present. This makes it a good choice for use on small or embedded systems. Unlike dhcp3-relay, dhcp-helper can be configured to forward DHCP requests as broadcasts, and therefore does not need to be given the IP address of the DHCP server, only the network in which it resides.
There are three methods to install dhcp-helper 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 dhcp-helper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dhcp-helper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dhcp-helperInstall dhcp-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dhcp-helper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dhcp-helperInstall dhcp-helper 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dhcp-helper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dhcp-helperHow To Uninstall dhcp-helper on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dhcp-helper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dhcp-helperUninstall dhcp-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dhcp-helper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhcp-helperRemove dhcp-helper Configurations and Data
To remove dhcp-helper configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dhcp-helperRemove dhcp-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dhcp-helper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhcp-helperDependencies
dhcp-helper have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-helper package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
