Installing tftpd-hpa on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS

Example of installing tftpd-hpa on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install tftpd-hpa.


 

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Quick installation of tftpd-hpa:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: tftpd-hpa

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install tftpd-hpa

Package Details

Package:tftpd-hpa
Version:5.2+20150808-1ubuntu1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/network/tftp/tftp-hpa.git
Description:HPA's tftp server Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a file transfer protocol, mainly to serve boot images over the network to other machines (PXE). . tftp-hpa is an enhanced version of the BSD TFTP client and server. It possesses a number of bugfixes and enhancements over the original. . This package contains the server.
Distro:Ubuntu 17.04
Release:
Repo/Section:net

How to install tftpd-hpa on Ubuntu 17.04?

Installing tftpd-hpa on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If tftpd-hpa is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L tftpd-hpa' will give followin error.


Installing tftpd-hpa:

After system update use the following command to install tftpd-hpa:

sudo apt-get install tftpd-hpa

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove tftpd-hpa from Ubuntu 17.04?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the tftpd-hpa from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the tftpd-hpa following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  tftpd-hpa

Following command is used to remove the tftpd-hpa package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove tftpd-hpa

This will remove tftpd-hpa and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing tftpd-hpa with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge tftpd-hpa

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove tftpd-hpa

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with tftpd-hpa package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.