How To Install vtysh on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install quagga

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is vtysh and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install vtysh on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install vtysh using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install vtysh using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install quagga

Install vtysh using apt

Because vtysh is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install vtysh using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install quagga

Install vtysh 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 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install vtysh by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install quagga

How to upgrade (update) a single package vtysh using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the vtysh, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install quagga

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install quagga

How To Uninstall vtysh from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the vtysh package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove quagga

Uninstall vtysh and all its dependencies

To uninstall vtysh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove quagga

Remove vtysh with all configurations and data

To remove vtysh configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge quagga

Remove vtysh completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to vtysh package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quagga

Extra info and code examples

GNU Quagga is free software which manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, IS-IS, RIPv1, RIPv2, and RIPng as well as the IPv6 versions of these. As the predecessor Zebra has been considered orphaned, the Quagga project has been formed by members of the zebra mailing list and the former zebra-pj project to continue developing. Quagga uses threading if the kernel supports it, but can also run on kernels that do not support threading. Each protocol has its own daemon. It is more than a routed replacement, it can be used as a Route Server and a Route Reflector. This metapackage depends on the full suite of Quagga routing daemons.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install vtysh using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the vtysh from Ubuntu 22.04.

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