How To Install networking-mlnx-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-mlnx-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is networking-mlnx-common
networking-mlnx-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 the Mellanox plugin common files.
Package: networking-mlnx-common Architecture: all Version: 1:15.0.0~b2~git2019090509.50bbc9d-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/net Source: networking-mlnx Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenStack [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 22 Depends: neutron-common (>= 1:11.0.0), python3-networking-mlnx (= 1:15.0.0~b2~git2019090509.50bbc9d-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/n/networking-mlnx/networking-mlnx-common_15.0.0~b2~git2019090509.50bbc9d-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 3876 MD5sum: 866b1dfa7fbdeba1fd70f103df8f450f SHA1: f31de51f3f35cdb3266fb75e188a55fac26f7197 SHA256: a858204caac1a2ea0bad82912885272d92b58c1946b441fb93be8b412e1bcc4b Homepage: https://github.com/openstack/networking-mlnx Description-en: OpenStack virtual network service - Mellanox plugin common files 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 the Mellanox plugin common files.
There are three methods to install networking-mlnx-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-mlnx-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-mlnx-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install networking-mlnx-common
Install networking-mlnx-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install networking-mlnx-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install networking-mlnx-common
Install networking-mlnx-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-mlnx-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install networking-mlnx-common
How To Uninstall networking-mlnx-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the networking-mlnx-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove networking-mlnx-common
Uninstall networking-mlnx-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall networking-mlnx-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-mlnx-common
Remove networking-mlnx-common Configurations and Data
To remove networking-mlnx-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge networking-mlnx-common
Remove networking-mlnx-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove networking-mlnx-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge networking-mlnx-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install networking-mlnx-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.