How to Install dhcpcd software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install dhcpcd software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

dhcpcd software package provides DHCP client for automatically configuring IPv4 networking, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install dhcpcd 

dhcpcd is installed in your system.

Make ensure the dhcpcd package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dhcpcd *

You will get with dhcpcd package name, version, architecture and description in a table

dhcpcd package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Network
Package dhcpcd
Version 1:3.2.3-9ubuntu1
Description DHCP client for automatically configuring IPv4 networking
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove dhcpcd software package from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?