How To Install bosixnet-webui on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bosixnet-webui on Ubuntu 18.04. bosixnet-webui is Build Own IPv6 Network (server utilities)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bosixnet-webui on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is bosixnet-webui

bosixnet-webui is:

Project should be useful when you have to administer many computers distributed through different networks and connected via NAT. In most of cases you may just install miredo, gogoc or any other tunnel broker’s software and these computers will be available via IPv6 addresses. BOSixNet includes the collection of tools for automatic updating the list of such hosts.

This package provides the FastCGI program which passively listens for incoming connections and generates list of hosts in your IPv6 network which may be put directly into /etc/hosts. Program has very few dependencies and it may be easily launched on embedded devices.

There are three methods to install bosixnet-webui 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 bosixnet-webui Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bosixnet-webui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bosixnet-webui

Install bosixnet-webui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bosixnet-webui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bosixnet-webui

Install bosixnet-webui 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 bosixnet-webui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bosixnet-webui

How To Uninstall bosixnet-webui on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the bosixnet-webui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bosixnet-webui

Uninstall bosixnet-webui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bosixnet-webui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bosixnet-webui

Remove bosixnet-webui Configurations and Data

To remove bosixnet-webui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bosixnet-webui

Remove bosixnet-webui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bosixnet-webui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bosixnet-webui

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bosixnet-webui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.