How to Install and Uninstall dhcp-helper Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "dhcp-helper" package

This is a short guide on how to install dhcp-helper on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall dhcp-helper on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dhcp-helper
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 47
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-1
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_1.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 10280
MD5sum: b47acac83c55c65f2ee6099bfcb63d67
SHA1: 7d93ff16cd2795062791d9d24b56fe6a062cd589
SHA256: 304553cd7f5f9f326a57e7c5b61373349d1038beb933ae3e79133452cd347cbb
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu