How To Install natpmpc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install natpmpc on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is natpmpc
natpmpc is:
NAT-PMP is the direct concurrent to the UPnP IGD specification. It is providing a way to do NAT traversal. It is part of the Bonjour protocol specifications. At the moment it is mainly supported by Apple software and hardware. For a way to add NAT-PMP capabilities to your *BSD, Linux or (Open)Solaris Router, you should have a look at MiniUPnPd which is supporting NAT-PMP in addition to UPnP since December 2007 !
libnatpmp is an attempt to make a portable and fully compliant implementation of the protocol NAT-PMP for the client side. It is based on non blocking sockets and all calls of the API are asynchronous. It is therefore very easy to integrate the NAT-PMP code to any event driven code.
This package contains the natpmpc test client.
There are three methods to install natpmpc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install natpmpc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install natpmpc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install natpmpc
Install natpmpc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install natpmpc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install natpmpc
Install natpmpc 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 natpmpc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install natpmpc
How To Uninstall natpmpc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the natpmpc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove natpmpc
Uninstall natpmpc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall natpmpc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove natpmpc
Remove natpmpc Configurations and Data
To remove natpmpc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge natpmpc
Remove natpmpc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove natpmpc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge natpmpc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install natpmpc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
