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

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "pimd" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install pimd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall pimd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pimd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pimd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pimd
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 236
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antonin Kral
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.1-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~)
Conflicts: mrouted, smcroute
Filename: pool/universe/p/pimd/pimd_2.3.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 96292
MD5sum: d5e3d9aebad97bd7c43ede3ce84870e4
SHA1: b1cbebb9d53c52ae5777d3b47f93947138ce3dd3
SHA256: 532600843c89460d1c64777c8f0b775f8759ced204a9793dc8e6fb057cf5d20c
Description-en: multicast routing daemon (PIMv2)
pimd is implementation of Protocol Independent Multicast routing daemon.
It supports PIMv2-SM/SSM on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Linux. Enabled PIM
support in kernel is needed.
Description-md5: 6fd27404ba342f18f1d79593fa741628
Homepage: http://github.com/troglobit/pimd
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu