How to Install and Uninstall dhcpcd5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "dhcpcd5" package

Please follow the guidance below to install dhcpcd5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dhcpcd5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 362
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jose dos Santos Junior
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.10.1-1
Replaces: dhcpcd (<< 3.2.3-6), dhcpcd-sv
Provides: dhcp-client
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Recommends: openresolv | resolvconf
Suggests: dhcpcd-gtk
Filename: pool/universe/d/dhcpcd5/dhcpcd5_6.10.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 148566
MD5sum: 60747cfae33c64859f611f258375cd1c
SHA1: 64e75059a76e72164fe9f6577183648e4c407acc
SHA256: 371ef091d14ac7233edaee3c24e2f0efe9679140ffbe92eeb4450a63aef70438
Description-en: DHCPv4, IPv6RA and DHCPv6 client with IPv4LL support
dhcpcd is a one stop network management daemon which includes
* RFC compliant DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 clients
* DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation support
* IPv4LL (aka ZeroConf) support
* ARP address conflict resolution
* Link carrier detection
* Wireless SSID profiles
* ARP ping profiles
Description-md5: 22786f802d0dde4624bfd0a6161f1b74
Homepage: http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu