How to Install dhcpcd5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install dhcpcd5 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

dhcpcd5 software package provides DHCPv4, IPv6RA and DHCPv6 client with IPv4LL support, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install dhcpcd5 

dhcpcd5 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the dhcpcd5 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dhcpcd5 *

You will get with dhcpcd5 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

dhcpcd5 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Network
Package dhcpcd5
Version 6.0.5-1.1
Description DHCPv4, IPv6RA and DHCPv6 client with IPv4LL support
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove dhcpcd5 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?