How to Install and Uninstall dhcpcd5 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: March 13,2025

1. Install "dhcpcd5" package

Please follow the guidance below to install dhcpcd5 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dhcpcd5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dhcpcd5" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall dhcpcd5 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dhcpcd5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dhcpcd5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: dhcpcd5
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.11.5-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jose dos Santos Junior
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 374
Provides: dhcp-client
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Recommends: openresolv | resolvconf
Suggests: dhcpcd-gtk
Replaces: dhcpcd (<< 3.2.3-6), dhcpcd-sv
Filename: pool/universe/d/dhcpcd5/dhcpcd5_6.11.5-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 155908
MD5sum: dd090807c664fece8b96866bd267c0b5
SHA1: f2c21f29a275c55d353a5f74d4d4c65e18a4c841
SHA256: 5575d0d28c710da22d161d85ed5e63da0179d37d06395e40dd7c322daa4ddb6b
Homepage: http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd
Description: DHCPv4, IPv6RA and DHCPv6 client with IPv4LL support
Description-md5: 22786f802d0dde4624bfd0a6161f1b74