How To Install dhcpoptinj on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcpoptinj
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dhcpoptinj
dhcpoptinj is:
dhcpoptinj is a simple utility for injecting DHCP options into DHCP packets. It is implemented using netfilter-queue and mangles packets, either by inserting new options or replacing existing options.
There are three methods to install dhcpoptinj
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dhcpoptinj Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dhcpoptinj
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dhcpoptinj
Install dhcpoptinj Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dhcpoptinj
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dhcpoptinj
Install dhcpoptinj 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 dhcpoptinj
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dhcpoptinj
How To Uninstall dhcpoptinj on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dhcpoptinj
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dhcpoptinj
Uninstall dhcpoptinj And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dhcpoptinj
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhcpoptinj
Remove dhcpoptinj Configurations and Data
To remove dhcpoptinj
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dhcpoptinj
Remove dhcpoptinj configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dhcpoptinj
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhcpoptinj
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcpoptinj
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.