How To Install networking-l2gw-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-l2gw-common on Ubuntu 20.04. networking-l2gw-common is OpenStack virtual network service - L2 gateway agent OpenStack virtual network service - L2 gateway agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-l2gw-common on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is networking-l2gw-common

networking-l2gw-common is:

Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (such as vNICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities, including QoS, ACLs, and network monitoring.

This package provides shared configuration files.

Package: networking-l2gw-common Architecture: all Version: 1:16.0.0~b3~git2020032509.d57ae1a-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/python Source: networking-l2gw Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: PKG OpenStack [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 37 Filename: pool/universe/n/networking-l2gw/networking-l2gw-common_16.0.0~b3~git2020032509.d57ae1a-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 10420 MD5sum: f3e3be984ca194664e234ed5609f4cdd SHA1: 7b67a241b382062881ec80ce102e8cd03986aa76 SHA256: fc08424c1250fdd17fc0f622fdaba39b0a03f64b87069aa55d4ebb80d836ad39 Homepage: http://neutron.openstack.org/ Description-en: OpenStack virtual network service - L2 gateway agent Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (such as vNICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities, including QoS, ACLs, and network monitoring.

This package provides shared configuration files.

There are three methods to install networking-l2gw-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install networking-l2gw-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install networking-l2gw-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install networking-l2gw-common

Install networking-l2gw-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install networking-l2gw-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install networking-l2gw-common

Install networking-l2gw-common 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 networking-l2gw-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install networking-l2gw-common

How To Uninstall networking-l2gw-common on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the networking-l2gw-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove networking-l2gw-common

Uninstall networking-l2gw-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall networking-l2gw-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove networking-l2gw-common

Remove networking-l2gw-common Configurations and Data

To remove networking-l2gw-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge networking-l2gw-common

Remove networking-l2gw-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove networking-l2gw-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge networking-l2gw-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-l2gw-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.