How To Install tftpd-hpa on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tftpd-hpa on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is tftpd-hpa
tftpd-hpa is:
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a file transfer protocol, mainly to serve boot images over the network to other machines (PXE).
tftp-hpa is an enhanced version of the BSD TFTP client and server. It possesses a number of bugfixes and enhancements over the original.
This package contains the server.
There are three methods to install tftpd-hpa 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 tftpd-hpa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tftpd-hpa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tftpd-hpa
Install tftpd-hpa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tftpd-hpa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tftpd-hpa
Install tftpd-hpa 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 tftpd-hpa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tftpd-hpa
How To Uninstall tftpd-hpa on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the tftpd-hpa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tftpd-hpa
Uninstall tftpd-hpa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tftpd-hpa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tftpd-hpa
Remove tftpd-hpa Configurations and Data
To remove tftpd-hpa configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tftpd-hpa
Remove tftpd-hpa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tftpd-hpa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tftpd-hpa
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tftpd-hpa package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
