How To Install dhcp-probe on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-probe
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dhcp-probe
dhcp-probe is:
dhcp_probe attempts to discover DHCP and BootP servers on a directly-attached Ethernet network. A network administrator can use this tool to locate un- authorized DHCP and BootP servers. Essentially, dhcp_probe mimics a BootP or DHCP client in a variety of possible states, attempting to provoke responses from servers.
There are three methods to install dhcp-probe
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 dhcp-probe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dhcp-probe
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dhcp-probe
Install dhcp-probe Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dhcp-probe
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dhcp-probe
Install dhcp-probe 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 dhcp-probe
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dhcp-probe
How To Uninstall dhcp-probe on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dhcp-probe
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dhcp-probe
Uninstall dhcp-probe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dhcp-probe
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhcp-probe
Remove dhcp-probe Configurations and Data
To remove dhcp-probe
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dhcp-probe
Remove dhcp-probe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dhcp-probe
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhcp-probe
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-probe
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.