Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ez-ipupdate on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ez-ipupdate
ez-ipupdate is:
ez-ipupdate is a quite complete client for the dynamic DNS service offered
by http://www.ez-ip.net/ and many more.
Currently supported are: ez-ip (http://www.EZ-IP.Net/), Penguinpowered
(http://www.penguinpowered.com/), DHS (http://members.dhs.org/),
dynDNS (http://members.dyndns.org/), ODS (http://www.ods.org/),
TZO (http://www.tzo.com/), EasyDNS (http://members.easydns.com/),
Justlinux (http://www.justlinux.com), Dyns (http://www.dyns.cx),
HN (http://dup.hn.org/), ZoneEdit (http://www.zoneedit.com/) and
Hurricane Electric’s IPv6 Tunnel Broker (http://ipv6tb.he.net/).
All services using GNUDip are also supported.
There are three methods to install ez-ipupdate on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ez-ipupdate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ez-ipupdate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ez-ipupdate
Install ez-ipupdate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ez-ipupdate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ez-ipupdate
Install ez-ipupdate Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ez-ipupdate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ez-ipupdate
How To Uninstall ez-ipupdate on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ez-ipupdate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ez-ipupdate
Uninstall ez-ipupdate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ez-ipupdate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ez-ipupdate
Remove ez-ipupdate Configurations and Data
To remove ez-ipupdate configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ez-ipupdate
Remove ez-ipupdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ez-ipupdate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ez-ipupdate
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ez-ipupdate package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
