How to Install and Uninstall dhcp-helper Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 17,2025

You can also install and uninstall the dhcp-helper on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dhcp-helper" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dhcp-helper on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dhcp-helper
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dhcp-helper" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall dhcp-helper on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dhcp-helper package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dhcp-helper
Version: 1.2-3.1
Installed-Size: 51
Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Architecture: amd64
Depends: netbase, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Conflicts: dhcp3-relay, dhcp3-server, isc-dhcp-relay, isc-dhcp-server, udhcpd
Description: A DHCP relay agent
Description-md5: 3f0d81b105ba1a53061098aecf217692
Tag: implemented-in::c, protocol::dhcp, role::program
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dhcp-helper/dhcp-helper_1.2-3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 11604
MD5sum: 245a060fb611da96c62912508ec8bc85
SHA256: 63b28c8128d21c67c2005bc384b931133f7d68cc470c39debed6de0c3d01a132