How To Install pppoe on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pppoe
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pppoe
pppoe is:
PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) is a protocol used by many ADSL Internet service providers. This package allows you to connect to those PPPoE service providers.
There are three methods to install pppoe
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 pppoe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pppoe
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pppoe
Install pppoe Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pppoe
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pppoe
Install pppoe 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 pppoe
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pppoe
How To Uninstall pppoe on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pppoe
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pppoe
Uninstall pppoe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pppoe
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pppoe
Remove pppoe Configurations and Data
To remove pppoe
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pppoe
Remove pppoe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pppoe
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pppoe
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pppoe
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.