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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "radvd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install radvd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall radvd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: radvd
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 199
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ghe Rivero
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.11-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), adduser
Filename: pool/main/r/radvd/radvd_2.11-1_amd64.deb
Size: 59068
MD5sum: e49a97bab7217ace0b7e3a66e6a64374
SHA1: 5ecb9569718bcce11563a5279fbba055985906ed
SHA256: b102591b5e19e7f756de5b86f644f07d18e4b71d8cd479ba5fbfd720b372b752
Description-en: Router Advertisement Daemon
IPv6 has a lot more support for autoconfiguration than IPv4. But
for this autoconfiguration to work on the hosts of a network, the
routers of the local network have to run a program which answers
the autoconfiguration requests of the hosts.
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On Linux this program is called radvd, which stands for Router
ADVertisement Daemon. This daemon listens to router solicitations (RS)
and answers with router advertisement (RA). Furthermore unsolicited
RAs are also sent from time to time.
Description-md5: fdb4578fd1d88489eda410ee8b1f7b20
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y