How to Install and Uninstall dhcp-helper Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "dhcp-helper" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dhcp-helper on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dhcp-helper on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dhcp-helper
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dhcp-helper package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: dhcp-helper
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 51
Depends: netbase, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Conflicts: dhcp3-relay, dhcp3-server, isc-dhcp-relay, isc-dhcp-server, udhcpd
Filename: pool/universe/d/dhcp-helper/dhcp-helper_1.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 10616
MD5sum: ad1039a7a02a4ece76888925f275fa33
SHA1: c7c551a843c797a63835b37e56764db2c9320e6c
SHA256: 52c2e535ff8249b96682bae6a96556eaffbf73859bc2f2dc84c953f2704027ae
SHA512: 0878c0e327d9a63d3ca3dd5c1aa5799f5b6e47d5ccc0975281c7a5227243ddf91f7f9f8f14156cb66197009673e722c61f5b1e261aede2a162b32cab536ae3dd
Description-en: A DHCP relay agent
dhcp-helper is a DHCP and BOOTP relay agent. It listens for DHCP
and BOOTP broadcasts on directly connected subnets and relays
them to DHCP or BOOTP servers elsewhere. dhcp-helper is much smaller
than dhcp3-relay package and it does not require the Packet Filter
kernel facility to be present. This makes it a good choice for use
on small or embedded systems. Unlike dhcp3-relay, dhcp-helper can be
configured to forward DHCP requests as broadcasts, and therefore does
not need to be given the IP address of the DHCP server, only the
network in which it resides.
Description-md5: 3f0d81b105ba1a53061098aecf217692