
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install atftp
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is atftp
atftp is:
Interactive client for the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP). Its
usage is mainly for testing and debugging the atftp server. A TFTP client
is usually implemented in UEFI/BIOS and bootstrap programs like pxelinux when
booting from LAN. The atftp client also supports non-interactive invocation
for easy use in scripts.
There are three methods to install atftp
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 atftp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install atftp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install atftp
Install atftp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install atftp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install atftp
Install atftp 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 atftp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install atftp
How To Uninstall atftp on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the atftp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove atftp
Uninstall atftp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall atftp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove atftp
Remove atftp Configurations and Data
To remove atftp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge atftp
Remove atftp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove atftp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atftp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install atftp
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.
